Is Grant City, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Grant City has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Nodaway Co East PWSD 1.
Grant City 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 Grant City’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Grant City PWS
Missouri · serves 850 people · under 100 in Grant City
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Worth County PWSD 1
Missouri · serves 1,497 people · under 100 in Grant City
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Nodaway Co East PWSD 1
Missouri · serves 25 people · lists Grant City among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
5 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Grant City
The lab Missouri certifies closest to Grant City, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission
Milan, MO · about 70 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 Grant City
Which ZIP codes are in Grant City: 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 Grant City
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Grant City 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