STRAFFORD PWS: EPA violation history, explained

STRAFFORD 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 2,600 people through 1,167 service connections.

STRAFFORD PWS's record against the rest of the country

27 total violations and 9 health-based ones put STRAFFORD PWS at the 83th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,152 of 12,903.

How STRAFFORD PWS compares within MO

Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - STRAFFORD PWS's 9 is above that. 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 STRAFFORD PWS is from 2014-01-08 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

STRAFFORD 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)

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 STRAFFORD 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. Between the utility's meter and STRAFFORD PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,152th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.