Is CARL JUNCTION PWS's water safe to drink?
CARL JUNCTION PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,142, over 3,540 connections.
CARL JUNCTION PWS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CARL JUNCTION PWS ranks 4,439th by violation burden (66th percentile) - 9 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How CARL JUNCTION PWS compares within MO
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - CARL JUNCTION PWS's 4 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CARL JUNCTION PWS is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2004-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CARL JUNCTION PWS'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 this data is and is not
CARL JUNCTION PWS'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 CARL JUNCTION PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,439th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.