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Is Kimberling City, MO tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Kimberling City, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

None of the 15 utilities serving Kimberling 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.

Stone County PWSD 1, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.1 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Kimberling City’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Kimberling City

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Kimberling City than those above.

  • Forest Glen Quail Ridge Subdserves 100 people · under 100 in Kimberling City · no health-based violations since 2016
  • MO American Woodland Manorserves 332 people · under 100 in Kimberling City · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Ocwc Wildflowerserves 60 people · under 100 in Kimberling City · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Overlook Subdivisionserves 223 people · under 100 in Kimberling City · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Southport Condominiumsserves 74 people · under 100 in Kimberling City · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Stone County PWSD 1’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Kimberling City

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Missouri certifies.

The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Kimberling City, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Stone County Health Center

    Reeds Spring, MO · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 357-8200

  • Missouri American Water Co.-Branson Metro Laboratory

    Branson, MO · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 626-8509

  • Taney County Health Department Laboratory

    Branson, MO · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 334-4544

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 Missouri

ZIP codes in Kimberling City

Which ZIP codes are in Kimberling 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 Kimberling City

Other towns in Stone County with a page of their own.

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