Is KEARNEY PWS's water safe to drink?
KEARNEY 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 11,500 people through 3,917 service connections.
How this compares nationally
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put KEARNEY PWS at the 33th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,708 of 12,903.
How KEARNEY PWS compares within MO
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - KEARNEY PWS's 1 is at or below 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 KEARNEY PWS is from 2013-01-07 (health-based: 2008-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
KEARNEY 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 this data is and is not
This is what KEARNEY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 5 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.