WAYNESVILLE PWS: EPA violation history, explained
WAYNESVILLE PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,460 people get their water from it, across 2,907 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WAYNESVILLE PWS ranks 6,412th by violation burden (50th percentile) - 13 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How WAYNESVILLE PWS compares within MO
Among the 327 MO systems in this dataset, the average is 6.1 health-based violations - WAYNESVILLE PWS's 2 is at or below 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 WAYNESVILLE PWS is from 2027-06-12 (health-based: 2015-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WAYNESVILLE 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
WAYNESVILLE PWS'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 WAYNESVILLE PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,412th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.