FARMINGTON PWS: EPA violation history, explained
FARMINGTON PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 18,217 people through 6,255 service connections.
FARMINGTON PWS's record against the rest of the country
FARMINGTON PWS has 130 violations on record in total, 120 of thems health-based - ranking it 50th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 100th percentile nationally.
How FARMINGTON PWS compares within MO
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - FARMINGTON PWS's 120 is above 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 FARMINGTON PWS is from 2026-02-03 (health-based: 2024-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FARMINGTON 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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
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
Everything on this page is FARMINGTON PWS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and FARMINGTON PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 50th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.