Is Kearney, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Kearney has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Excelsior Springs PWS.
Kearney PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 53 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Kearney’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Kearney PWS
Missouri · serves 11,500 people · about 1,900 in Kearney
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 53 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Clay County PWSD 6
Missouri · serves 4,912 people · about 830 in Kearney
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 54 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Clay County PWSD 8
Missouri · serves 2,243 people · about 270 in Kearney
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 55 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Excelsior Springs PWS
Missouri · serves 11,084 people · about 170 in Kearney
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 23.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Ray County Cons PWSD 2
Missouri · serves 9,360 people · under 100 in Kearney
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Kearney
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Kearney, 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 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tri-County Water Authority
Independence, MO · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Kansas City Water Services Laboratory
Kansas City, MO · about 20 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 MissouriWhich ZIP codes are in Kearney: 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 Kearney
Other towns in Ray County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Kearney PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water