Is PUTNAM COUNTY PWSD 1's water safe to drink?
PUTNAM 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. 2,550 people get their water from it, across 1,726 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
7 total violations and 5 health-based ones put PUTNAM COUNTY PWSD 1 at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,824 of 12,903.
Against the MO average
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; PUTNAM COUNTY PWSD 1 carries 5, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PUTNAM COUNTY PWSD 1's most recent violation on record is dated 2017-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
PUTNAM 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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What PUTNAM COUNTY PWSD 1's record does not cover
This is what PUTNAM COUNTY PWSD 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 PUTNAM COUNTY PWSD 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,824th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.