Is Imperial, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Imperial has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Jefferson Co Cons PWSD C 1, 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 Imperial’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Jefferson Co Cons PWSD C 1
Missouri · serves 37,000 people · about 3,200 in Imperial
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jefferson County PWSD 10
Missouri · serves 10,000 people · about 630 in Imperial
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jefferson County PWSD 1
Missouri · serves 21,113 people · about 470 in Imperial
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jefferson County PWSD 3
Missouri · serves 17,000 people · about 350 in Imperial
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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MO American St Louis St Charles Counties
Missouri · serves 1.1 million people · under 100 in Imperial
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 86.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Quail Run of Imperial
Missouri · serves 370 people · based in Imperial
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Imperial
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Imperial, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
EMSL Analytical Inc.-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Pace Analytical Services LLC-Hazelwood
Hazelwood, MO · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
City of St. Louis-Howard Bend Laboratory
Chesterfield, MO · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals
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 MissouriWhich ZIP codes are in Imperial: 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 Imperial
Other towns in Jefferson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Jefferson Co Cons PWSD C 1’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