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Community Water System

At a glance

Community Water System (PWSID MO4036064) is an active community water system in Wayne County, Missouri. It reports serving 378 people through 125 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

378

Service connections

125

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDMO4036064
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served378
Service connections125
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMO state drinking water program
City servedWappapello
StateMissouri
ZIP—
CountyWayne County

How does Community Water System compare with other water systems in Wayne County?

By EPA's size categories, Community Water System is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wayne County has 31 active public water systems. Its population served is about 29% above the county average of 293 people per system, and accounts for 4.2% of the 9,096 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Missouri, the 2,943 active systems average 2,049 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Community Water System is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Missouri has 1,612 active community water systems, 55% of the state's 2,943 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,521 Missouri systems (86%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Community Water System?

EPA lists Community Water System as privately owned. The MO state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 16 of the 31 active systems in Wayne County (52%) are also privately owned.

Does Community Water System have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. The violations listed here began between January 2023 and January 2024. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Nitrate-Nitrite, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, Chromium and Barium. EPA lists 11 as archived and 1 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2024-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038NoResolved
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,2,4-Trichlorobenzenecode 2378NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Chromiumcode 1020NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Bariumcode 1010NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 031,1,1-Trichloroethanecode 2981NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03cis-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2380NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Styrenecode 2996NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Mercurycode 1035NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03o-Dichlorobenzenecode 2968NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Tetrachloroethylenecode 2987NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Antimonycode 1074NoArchived
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Vinyl chloridecode 2976NoArchived

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Community Water System: frequently asked questions

Who runs Community Water System?

Community Water System (PWSID MO4036064) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MO state drinking water program.

How many people does Community Water System serve?

Community Water System reports serving 378 people through 125 service connections in Wayne County, Missouri.

Where does Community Water System get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Community Water System have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Community Water System's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the MO state drinking water program.

Where can I find Community Water System's water quality report?

As a community water system, Community Water System must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Wayne County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Piedmont PwsWayne1,987CommunitySurface water
Wayne & Butler County Pwsd 4Wayne1,400CommunityGroundwater
Wayne County Pwsd 2Wayne950CommunityGroundwater
Otahki Lake Cabins and CampgroundWayne500Transient non-communityGroundwater
Greenville PwsWayne497CommunityGroundwater
Usace Camp Semo WappapelloWayne400Transient non-communityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Community Water System, PWSID MO4036064, Missouri”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/missouri/community-water-system-mo4036064 (data as of October 1, 2026).