Ripley County Pwsd 1 East, MO Water Quality
Is Ripley County Pwsd 1 East's water safe to drink?
Ripley County Pwsd 1 East has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,265 people get their water from it, across 907 connections.
Ripley County Pwsd 1 East's record against the rest of the country
Ripley County Pwsd 1 East has 8 violations on record in total, 3 of them health-based - ranking it 5,411th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 58th percentile nationally.
Against the MO average
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; Ripley County Pwsd 1 East carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
Ripley County Pwsd 1 East's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
The concern categories on record
Ripley County Pwsd 1 East'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 Ripley County Pwsd 1 East's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Ripley County Pwsd 1 East's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 8 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.