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Community Water System · PWS MO5024617

Vernon County PWSD 2

Operator location Sheldon, Missouri - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations) with 19 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,800 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,800
People served (this PWS)
19
EPA violations (this PWS)
4
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Vernon County PWSD 2 standing, low SDWIS violation third

19 EPA SDWIS violations on record - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,457 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Vernon County PWSD 2 is in the lower third by violation count (19; 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 1,800 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#14,457 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#350 of 738
Population · MO
19
Total EPA violations on record
21%
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
467
County
Vernon
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
4
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 2014
Groundwater Rule MR 4 2018
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 1 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Vernon County PWSD 2 has 19 recorded EPA violations, 30% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 69% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 19), and it ranks #14,457 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)

19 Lower than most fewer violations than 69% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Vernon County PWSD 2

19 violations on record for MO5024617; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Missouri DNR, Public Drinking Water Branch

Nationwide peers

19 violations · 1,800 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Vernon County PWSD 2

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
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater