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Is Springfield, MO tap water safe?

13 utilities serve Springfield, 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

2 of the 13 utilities serving Springfield have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Shady Acres MHP and Pembrook Village Subd.

City Utilities of Springfield, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 4.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Springfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

3 more utilities in Springfield

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Springfield than those above.

  • Pembrook Village Subdserves 45 people · lists Springfield among the places it serves · 2 health-based violations since 2016
  • Oak Grove Trailer Parkserves 40 people · lists Springfield among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Golden Oak Village Subdserves 60 people · based in Springfield · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City Utilities of Springfield’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Springfield

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

  • PACE Analytical Services LLC-Springfield

    Springfield, MO · about 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 864-8924

  • Springfield-Greene County Public Health Center

    Springfield, MO · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 864-1670

  • Christian County Health Department Water Lab

    Ozark, MO · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (417) 581-7285

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 Springfield

Which ZIP codes are in Springfield: 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 Springfield

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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