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Smithville PWS

Serves Smithville, Clay County, MO · 10,885 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Smithville PWS in the last ten years.

  • MO1010748
  • SMITHVILLE
  • MO
  • 10,885 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 64089
EPA system ID MO1010748

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Smithville PWS draws water from 2 surface water intakes and 3 reservoirs (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Missouri, August 2010.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 16 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,047 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Smithville PWS go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 16 health-based violations (16 resolved) and 27 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 6 26
2000s 5 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 5 0
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2016, Resolved.

Show all 16 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 86 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 85 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2010 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2010 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2009 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 2009 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 2009 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1999 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1997 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1997 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1997 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1997 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Missouri regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Smithville PWS and issued 1 boil water order between 1998 and 2010. The most recent was a boil water order in August 2010.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 17, 2010 Missouri Boil water order 2 violations (2 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Mar 4, 1998 Missouri Signed compliance agreement 5 violations (5 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Smithville PWS draws water from 2 surface water intakes and 3 reservoirs (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 1 other community water system buys water from Smithville PWS. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Smithville PWS.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Smithville PWS must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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