Community Water System · PWS MO4010136
Cape Girardeau PWS
Operator location Cape Girardeau, Missouri - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 71 violations and 39,941 people served.
- 39,941
- People served (this PWS)
- 71
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cape Girardeau PWS standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #1,397 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cape Girardeau PWS lands in the middle third by violation volume (71), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (39,941; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #1,397 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #16 of 738
- Population · MO
- 71
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 17,002
- County
- Cape Girardeau
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 59
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 11 | 2024 |
| Benzene | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 1988 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1998 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 3 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cape Girardeau PWS has 71 recorded EPA violations, 65% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 34% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 71), and it ranks #1,397 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
71 Around the middle fewer violations than 34% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 4 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/22/2024 | 8.40 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/22/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/22/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/22/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/22/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/22/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/22/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/22/2024 | 9.80 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Cape Girardeau PWS
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS MO4010136 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Missouri DNR, Public Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
71 violations · 39,941 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Cape Girardeau PWS
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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