Community Water System · PWS MO4010811
Van Buren PWS
Operator location Van Buren, Missouri - 30% of 30 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 819 served per SDWIS.
- 819
- People served (this PWS)
- 30
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Van Buren PWS standing, mid SDWIS violation third
30% of 30 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 30% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #22,171 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Van Buren PWS lands in the middle third by violation volume (30), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (819; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 30% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #22,171 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #545 of 738
- Population · MO
- 30
- Total EPA violations on record
- 30%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 530
- County
- Carter
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 16
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 2012 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 8 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Van Buren PWS has 30 recorded EPA violations, 42% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 57% carry more. 30% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 30), and it ranks #22,171 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)
30 Lower than most fewer violations than 57% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Van Buren PWS
9 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MO4010811.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Missouri DNR, Public Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
30 violations · 819 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 smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Van Buren PWS
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Missouri compares on the same EPA violation measures. Missouri systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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