Is Lake Lotawana, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Lake Lotawana has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Lees Summit PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 56.7 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 Lake Lotawana’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Lees Summit PWS
Missouri · serves 99,400 people · about 4,200 in Lake Lotawana
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 56.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jackson County PWSD 13
Missouri · serves 9,700 people · about 530 in Lake Lotawana
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 41 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jackson County PWSD 12
Missouri · serves 5,695 people · about 510 in Lake Lotawana
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 52 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jackson County PWSD 15
Missouri · serves 8,772 people · about 340 in Lake Lotawana
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 44 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lake Winnebago PWS
Missouri · serves 1,600 people · about 120 in Lake Lotawana
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lake Lotawana
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Lake Lotawana, 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 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tri-County Water Authority
Independence, MO · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Blue Valley Laboratories Inc.
Kansas City, MO · about 22 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 MissouriWhich ZIP codes are in Lake Lotawana: 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 Lake Lotawana
Other towns in Jackson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lees Summit 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