Is CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8's water safe to drink?
CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,243 people through 868 service connections.
How this compares nationally
CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8 has 7 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,746th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.
How CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8 compares within MO
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8 carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8 is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2002-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8'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
This is what CLAY COUNTY PWSD 8 reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.