Community Water System · PWS MO5024120
Cedar County PWSD 1
Operator location El Dorando Springs, Missouri - 50% of 101 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,650 served per SDWIS.
- 1,650
- People served (this PWS)
- 101
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 50
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cedar County PWSD 1 standing, high SDWIS violation third
50% of 101 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 50% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,101 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cedar County PWSD 1 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (101), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,650 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 50% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,101 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #366 of 738
- Population · MO
- 101
- Total EPA violations on record
- 50%
- 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
- 708
- County
- Cedar
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 46
- Monitoring Violations
- 41
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 46 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 21 | 2010 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 16 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 2 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cedar County PWSD 1 has 101 recorded EPA violations, 73% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 50% of this system's own violations are health-based (50 of 101), and it ranks #15,101 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)
101 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% 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 Cedar County PWSD 1
50 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MO5024120.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Missouri DNR, Public Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
101 violations · 1,650 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
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 Cedar County PWSD 1
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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