Is Lawson, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 3 utilities serving Lawson have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Ray County PWSD 1, MO American Lawson and Clinton Co PWSD 4 Sys 1.
Ray County PWSD 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 Lawson’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Ray County PWSD 1
Missouri · serves 2,490 people · about 120 in Lawson
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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MO American Lawson
Missouri · serves 2,546 people · under 100 in Lawson
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Clinton Co PWSD 4 Sys 1
Missouri · serves 4,968 people · under 100 in Lawson
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 59.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lawson
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Lawson, 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 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tri-County Water Authority
Independence, MO · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
Kansas City Water Services Laboratory
Kansas City, MO · about 31 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 MissouriZIP codes in Lawson
Which ZIP codes are in Lawson: 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 Lawson
Other towns in Ray County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Ray County PWSD 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