Is RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 17,066 people through 6,615 service connections.
How this compares nationally
11 total violations and 1 health-based ones put RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY at the 37th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,144 of 12,903.
How RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY compares within MO
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 1995-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY'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 this data is and is not
This is what RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for RAYTOWN WATER COMPANY - 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.