EAST PRAIRIE PWS: EPA violation history, explained
EAST PRAIRIE 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: 2,964, over 1,251 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
EAST PRAIRIE PWS has 14 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,012th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 38th percentile nationally.
Against the MO average
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - EAST PRAIRIE PWS's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
EAST PRAIRIE PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
EAST PRAIRIE 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 EAST PRAIRIE PWS's record does not cover
This is what EAST PRAIRIE PWS 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for EAST PRAIRIE PWS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.