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Boone County, Missouri

13 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 228,201 people in Boone County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

13
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
462
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (8 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO019 · Boone County 13 sys · 462 viol · #299/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 33.3% health
  • RANK-TOP #299/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Cass County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Boone County ranks #299 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Boone County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 33.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #299 of 3,254 · #7 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Boone County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Boone County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Mercer · highest Jackson · near Clay · near 69.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Columbia Utilities 126,254 7 Clean
University of Missouri Columbia 40,000 14 Clean
Boone County Cons PWSD 1 24,700 22 Clean
Boone County PWSD 9 15,035 90 Clean
Boone County PWSD 4 6,455 14 Clean
Boone County PWSD 10 4,963 28 Clean
Centralia PWS 4,027 17 Clean
Ashland PWS 3,700 8 Clean
Hallsville PWS 1,400 29 -
Sturgeon PWS 872 27 -
Kuhle H20 450 139 -
Green Hills MHP 195 34 -
Coopers Landing 150 33 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Boone County

Cross-state counties nearest Boone County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (462). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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