Is SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4's water safe to drink?
SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,150, over 1,479 connections.
How this compares nationally
SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4 has 3 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,037th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 30th percentile nationally.
How SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4 compares within MO
SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4's 1 health-based violations sit within the MO average of 6.1, across 327 systems statewide. 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 SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4 is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2015-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4'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
Everything on this page is SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4'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 3 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.