VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1: EPA violation history, explained
VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1 had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 9,615 people get their water from it, across 3,969 connections.
How this compares nationally
VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1 has 31 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,103th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.
How VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1 compares within MO
VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1's 4 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 VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1 is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2023-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1'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); Groundwater Rule; Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
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
VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and VERNON COUNTY CONS PWSD 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,103th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.