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Is Kirkwood, MO tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Kirkwood, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Kirkwood has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Kirkwood PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 47.9 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 Kirkwood’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Kirkwood

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 Kirkwood, 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 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (314) 577-0150

  • City of St. Louis-Howard Bend Laboratory

    Chesterfield, MO · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals

    (314) 256-5723

  • Missouri American Water Co.-St. Louis County

    Chesterfield, MO · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (314) 469-6050

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 Kirkwood

Which ZIP codes are in Kirkwood: 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.

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