Is KIRKSVILLE PWS's water safe to drink?
KIRKSVILLE 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 17,566 people through 7,346 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
KIRKSVILLE PWS has 60 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,324th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
Against the MO average
KIRKSVILLE PWS's 14 health-based violations sit above the MO average of 6.1, across 327 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
KIRKSVILLE PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
KIRKSVILLE 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite; TTHM
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 KIRKSVILLE PWS's record does not cover
KIRKSVILLE 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 - 14 health-based violations on file for KIRKSVILLE 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.