Is MARCELINE PWS's water safe to drink?
MARCELINE PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,200, over 1,115 connections.
MARCELINE PWS's record against the rest of the country
MARCELINE PWS has 17 violations on record in total, 13 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,515th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 88th percentile nationally.
Against the MO average
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; MARCELINE PWS carries 13, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
MARCELINE PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
MARCELINE 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 MARCELINE PWS's record does not cover
This is what MARCELINE 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. Between the utility's meter and MARCELINE PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,515th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.