What's in WEST PLAINS PWS's water?
WEST PLAINS PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 12,864 people through 5,845 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WEST PLAINS PWS has 13 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,806th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 78th percentile nationally.
How WEST PLAINS PWS compares within MO
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; WEST PLAINS PWS carries 7, more than typical for the state. 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 WEST PLAINS PWS is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2023-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST PLAINS 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
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
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 WEST PLAINS 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 - 7 health-based violations on file for WEST PLAINS 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.