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Appleton City PWS

Serves Appleton City, St. Clair County, MO · 1,518 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Appleton City PWS in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • MO5010020
  • APPLETON CITY
  • MO
  • 1,518 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 64724
EPA system ID MO5010020

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

Key facts

  • Appleton City PWS buys its water from Harry S Truman PWSD 2.
  • Record on file since 1983, with 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 99 unknown out of 649 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jun 23, 2025 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Sep 16, 2025 Resolved

Full record since 1983

EPA's records for Appleton City PWS go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 10 health-based violations (3 resolved, 7 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 34 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 7 0
1990s 0 8
2000s 0 16
2010 to October 18, 2016 3 10
2020s 1 1

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

Show all 10 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 90 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 88 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 81 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1985 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1985 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1985 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1985 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1984 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1984 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1983 Archived

What the violations mean

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Where the water comes from

Appleton City PWS buys its water from Harry S Truman PWSD 2. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Appleton City 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.

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.

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Testing your own water

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