Is SMITHVILLE PWS's water safe to drink?
SMITHVILLE PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 10,885 people through 4,083 service connections.
How this compares nationally
44 total violations and 16 health-based ones put SMITHVILLE PWS at the 91th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,145 of 12,903.
How SMITHVILLE PWS compares within MO
SMITHVILLE PWS's 16 health-based violations sit above 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 SMITHVILLE PWS is from 2022-01-10 (health-based: 2016-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SMITHVILLE 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 SMITHVILLE 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 - 16 health-based violations on file for SMITHVILLE 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.