Is JOHNSON COUNTY PWSD 2's water safe to drink?
JOHNSON 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 12,490 people through 4,669 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, JOHNSON COUNTY PWSD 2 ranks 8,216th by violation burden (36th percentile) - 10 violations total, 1 health-based.
How JOHNSON COUNTY PWSD 2 compares within MO
JOHNSON COUNTY PWSD 2's 1 health-based violations sit within the MO average of 6.1, across 327 systems statewide. 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 JOHNSON COUNTY PWSD 2 is from 2019-01-10 (health-based: 2006-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JOHNSON 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
JOHNSON COUNTY PWSD 2'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for JOHNSON COUNTY PWSD 2 - 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.