DrinkingWaterCheck

SEDALIA PWS: EPA violation history, explained

SEDALIA PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 21,725 people get their water from it, across 10,912 connections.

SEDALIA PWS's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SEDALIA PWS ranks 7,549th by violation burden (41th percentile) - 38 violations total, 1 health-based.

How SEDALIA PWS compares within MO

SEDALIA PWS'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 SEDALIA PWS is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2007-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

SEDALIA 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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what SEDALIA PWS 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 SEDALIA 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.