Public water system record
Osage County PWSD 3
Serves an area of Osage County, MO that includes Linn · 2,800 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Osage County PWSD 3 in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 6
Key facts
- Osage County PWSD 3 draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Missouri, August 2009.
- Record on file since 2002, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 359 unknown out of 490 service lines.
Check whether Osage County PWSD 3 serves your address
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2023 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Aug 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for Osage County PWSD 3 go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 2008, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2002 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Missouri regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Osage County PWSD 3 and issued 2 boil water orders between 2004 and 2009. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in August 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2009 | Missouri | Signed compliance agreement | 5 violations (5 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 18, 2008 | Missouri | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Oct 18, 2004 | Missouri | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Osage County PWSD 3 draws water from 2 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Linn PWS. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Osage County PWSD 3.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Linn PWS Linn, MO
Annual water quality report
Osage County PWSD 3 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