Community Water System · PWS MO4024097
Cape Girardeau County PWSD 2
Operator location Millersville, Missouri - 18% of 66 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,500 served per SDWIS.
- 2,500
- People served (this PWS)
- 66
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cape Girardeau County PWSD 2 standing, mid SDWIS violation third
18% of 66 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,919 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cape Girardeau County PWSD 2 lands in the middle third by violation volume (66), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,500 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,919 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #275 of 738
- Population · MO
- 66
- Total EPA violations on record
- 18%
- 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
- 1,049
- County
- Cape Girardeau
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 38
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 27 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2002 |
| E. COLI | MR | 8 | 2021 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2010 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cape Girardeau County PWSD 2 has 66 recorded EPA violations, 64% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 36% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 66), and it ranks #11,919 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)
66 Around the middle fewer violations than 36% 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 Cape Girardeau County PWSD 2
12 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MO4024097.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Missouri DNR, Public Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
66 violations · 2,500 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Cape Girardeau County PWSD 2
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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