Community Water System · PWS MO4021164
Howell County PWSD 3
Operator location Willow Springs, Missouri - 24% of 17 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,625 served per SDWIS.
- 1,625
- People served (this PWS)
- 17
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Howell County PWSD 3 standing, low SDWIS violation third
24% of 17 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 24% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,218 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Howell County PWSD 3 is in the lower third by violation count (17; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is mid-pack at 1,625 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 24% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,218 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #368 of 738
- Population · MO
- 17
- Total EPA violations on record
- 24%
- 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
- 637
- County
- Howell
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 8
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2013 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Howell County PWSD 3 has 17 recorded EPA violations, 28% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 71% carry more. 24% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 17), and it ranks #15,218 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)
17 Lower than most fewer violations than 71% 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 Howell County PWSD 3
4 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MO4021164.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Missouri DNR, Public Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
17 violations · 1,625 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Howell County PWSD 3
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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