Is Peculiar, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Peculiar has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Peculiar PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 50 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 Peculiar’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Peculiar PWS
Missouri · serves 6,226 people · about 570 in Peculiar
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 50 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cass County PWSD 2
Missouri · serves 4,650 people · about 390 in Peculiar
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 53 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cass County PWSD 7
Missouri · serves 4,143 people · about 320 in Peculiar
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cass County PWSD 10
Missouri · serves 3,068 people · about 270 in Peculiar
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cass County PWSD 6
Missouri · serves 2,575 people · under 100 in Peculiar
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cass County PWSD 9
Missouri · serves 6,063 people · under 100 in Peculiar
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
Water testing near Peculiar
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Peculiar, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Microbac Laboratories Inc.-Kansas
Lenexa, KS · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
Blue Valley Laboratories Inc.
Kansas City, MO · about 27 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 Peculiar
Which ZIP codes are in Peculiar: 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 Peculiar
Other towns in Cass County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Peculiar 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