Is COLE COUNTY PWSD 2's water safe to drink?
COLE 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. It serves 13,107 people through 5,232 service connections.
How this compares nationally
COLE COUNTY PWSD 2 has 8 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,793th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 71th percentile nationally.
How COLE COUNTY PWSD 2 compares within MO
COLE COUNTY PWSD 2's 5 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
The last violation EPA has on record for COLE COUNTY PWSD 2 is from 2009-03-09 (health-based: 2008-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COLE 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:
- 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 COLE COUNTY PWSD 2 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. Between the utility's meter and COLE COUNTY PWSD 2's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,793th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.