Public water system record
Platte County PWSD 8
Serves an area of Platte County, MO that includes Edgerton and Ridgely · 1,200 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Platte County PWSD 8 in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 4
Key facts
- Platte County PWSD 8 buys its water from Smithville PWS.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Missouri, February 1998.
- Record on file since 1992, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 123 unknown out of 458 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Platte County PWSD 8 go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 14 |
| 2000s | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2016, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 100 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 91 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 83 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Missouri regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Platte County PWSD 8 and issued 1 boil water order between 1992 and 1998. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in February 1998.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 1998 | Missouri | Signed compliance agreement | 5 violations: Total Coliform |
| Oct 18, 1995 | Missouri | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Aug 7, 1992 | Missouri | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Platte County PWSD 8 buys its water from Smithville PWS. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Smithville PWS Smithville, MO
Annual water quality report
Platte County PWSD 8 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Missouri.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells