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LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1: EPA violation history, explained

LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 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 14,000 people through 5,790 service connections.

LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1's record against the rest of the country

40 total violations and 33 health-based ones put LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1 at the 96th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 506 of 12,903.

Against the MO average

Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1's 33 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

The concern categories on record

LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 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:

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 LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1's record does not cover

LINCOLN 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 LINCOLN COUNTY PWSD 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 506th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.