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Is Nevada, MO tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Nevada, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Nevada has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Vernon County Cons PWSD 1.

Nevada PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 84.1 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 Nevada’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Nevada

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 Nevada, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical Services Inc.-Kansas

    Frontenac, KS · about 32 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (913) 563-1444

  • Missouri American Water Co.-Joplin

    Joplin, MO · about 51 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 626-8509

  • Water Analysis Inc.

    Joplin, MO · about 57 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 623-2626

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 Nevada

Which ZIP codes are in Nevada: 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 Nevada

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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