Is Riverside, MO tap water safe?
The short answer
MO American Platte County serves Riverside. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 91.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Riverside
The 3 labs Missouri certifies closest to Riverside, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Premium Waters Inc. Central Laboratory
Riverside, MO · under a mile
Certified for bacteria
Kansas City Water Services Laboratory
Kansas City, MO · about 3 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Blue Valley Laboratories Inc.
Kansas City, MO · about 7 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 MissouriZIP codes in Riverside
Which ZIP codes are in Riverside: 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 Riverside
Other towns in Platte County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read MO American Platte County’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