Is LAFAYETTE COUNTY PWSD 1's water safe to drink?
LAFAYETTE COUNTY PWSD 1's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 8,250 people get their water from it, across 3,613 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
LAFAYETTE COUNTY PWSD 1 has 1 violation on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 12,369th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 4th percentile nationally.
Against the MO average
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; LAFAYETTE COUNTY PWSD 1 carries 0, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
What LAFAYETTE COUNTY PWSD 1's record does not cover
LAFAYETTE COUNTY PWSD 1'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. Between the utility's meter and LAFAYETTE COUNTY PWSD 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 12,369th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.