Is Pleasant Hill, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 7 utilities serving Pleasant Hill has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Pleasant Hill PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 55 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 Pleasant Hill’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Pleasant Hill PWS
Missouri · serves 8,262 people · about 460 in Pleasant Hill
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 55 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 220 in Pleasant Hill
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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Cass County PWSD 5
Missouri · serves 2,875 people · about 140 in Pleasant Hill
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 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 Pleasant Hill
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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Cass County PWSD 6
Missouri · serves 2,575 people · under 100 in Pleasant Hill
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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Lake Winnebago PWS
Missouri · serves 1,600 people · under 100 in Pleasant Hill
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cass County PWSD 1
Missouri · serves 723 people · under 100 in Pleasant Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Pleasant Hill
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Pleasant Hill, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Blue Valley Laboratories Inc.
Kansas City, MO · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria
City of Independence Water Department
Sugar Creek, MO · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tri-County Water Authority
Independence, MO · about 25 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 Pleasant Hill: 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 Pleasant Hill
Other towns in Jackson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Pleasant Hill 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