Is Buckner, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Buckner has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Buckner PWS, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Buckner’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Buckner PWS
Missouri · serves 3,076 people · about 150 in Buckner
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Jackson County PWSD 16
Missouri · serves 4,075 people · under 100 in Buckner
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 43 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Buckner
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Buckner, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
City of Independence Water Department
Sugar Creek, MO · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tri-County Water Authority
Independence, MO · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Kansas City Water Services Laboratory
Kansas City, MO · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Missouri State Public Health Laboratory: Coliform and E. coli testing for private wells and other private drinking water sources, in kits from your local public health agency. A free state courier can carry the sample to the lab overnight. The handling fee is $10, by check or money order. Private Drinking Water Bacteriological Testing, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
All 64 certified labs for MissouriZIP codes in Buckner
Which ZIP codes are in Buckner: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Missouri DNR, certified microbiological and chemical laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Buckner
Other towns in Jackson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Buckner PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water