Is ELSBERRY PWS's water safe to drink?
ELSBERRY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,076 people through 925 service connections.
ELSBERRY PWS's record against the rest of the country
10 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ELSBERRY PWS at the 59th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,300 of 12,903.
Against the MO average
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - ELSBERRY PWS's 3 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
ELSBERRY PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
ELSBERRY 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); Groundwater Rule
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 ELSBERRY PWS's record does not cover
ELSBERRY 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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for ELSBERRY 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.