Public water system record
Liberty Utilities Bolivar
Serves Bolivar, Polk County, MO · 11,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Liberty Utilities Bolivar 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
- 2
Key facts
- Liberty Utilities Bolivar draws water from 5 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Missouri, October 1994.
- Record on file since 1991, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,895 unknown out of 4,522 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Liberty Utilities Bolivar go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2014, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2001 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 19, 1991 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Missouri regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Liberty Utilities Bolivar and issued 2 boil water orders between 1993 and 1994. The most recent was a boil water order in October 1994.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1994 | Missouri | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Sep 26, 1994 | Missouri | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Dec 23, 1993 | Missouri | Signed compliance agreement | 4 violations (3 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Liberty Utilities Bolivar draws water from 5 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Liberty Utilities Bolivar 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.
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