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CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2: EPA violation history, explained

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,913 people get their water from it, across 1,064 connections.

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2's record against the rest of the country

15 total violations and 3 health-based ones put CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2 at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,134 of 12,903.

Against the MO average

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2's 3 health-based violations sit within the MO average of 6.1, across 327 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2002-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

The concern categories on record

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2's record does not cover

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY PWSD 2's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,134th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.