What's in KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1's water?
KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,947 people through 1,793 service connections.
How this compares nationally
14 total violations and 1 health-based ones put KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1 at the 38th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,008 of 12,903.
Against the MO average
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1 carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1'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 KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1's record does not cover
This is what KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1 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. Between the utility's meter and KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER DIST 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,008th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.