Is OWENSVILLE PWS's water safe to drink?

OWENSVILLE PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,800 people get their water from it, across 1,384 connections.

How this compares nationally

OWENSVILLE PWS has 5 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,891th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 47th percentile nationally.

Against the MO average

Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - OWENSVILLE PWS's 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

OWENSVILLE PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2008-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

The concern categories on record

OWENSVILLE 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: 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 OWENSVILLE PWS's record does not cover

OWENSVILLE 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 - 2 health-based violations on file for OWENSVILLE 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.