Community Water System · PWS MO6010659
Potosi PWS
Operator location Potosi, Missouri - 88% of 468 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,527 served per SDWIS.
- 2,527
- People served (this PWS)
- 468
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 414
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Potosi PWS standing, high SDWIS violation third
88% of 468 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 88% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,786 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Potosi PWS sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (468), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,527 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 88% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,786 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #271 of 738
- Population · MO
- 468
- Total EPA violations on record
- 88%
- 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
- 1,236
- County
- Washington
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 414
- Monitoring Violations
- 27
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 185 | 2015 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 122 | 2007 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 107 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 13 | 2002 |
| Public Notice | Other | 7 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2023 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 3 | 2007 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Potosi PWS has 468 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 88% of this system's own violations are health-based (414 of 468), and it ranks #11,786 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)
468 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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 Potosi PWS
414 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MO6010659.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Missouri DNR, Public Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
468 violations · 2,527 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 Potosi PWS
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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