Public water system · MO4180635
ActiveDoe Run Company Buick Smelter
At a glance
Doe Run Company Buick Smelter (PWSID MO4180635) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Iron County, Missouri. It reports serving 311 people through 6 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 May 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
311
Service connections
6
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
NTNCWS
Non-transient non-community water system
System record
How does Doe Run Company Buick Smelter compare with other water systems in Iron County?
By EPA's size categories, Doe Run Company Buick Smelter is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Iron County has 23 active public water systems, and Doe Run Company Buick Smelter is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is roughly in line with the county average of 285 people per system, and accounts for 4.8% of the 6,544 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Missouri, the 2,943 active systems average 2,049 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Doe Run Company Buick Smelter is about 28% below that figure.
What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?
A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Missouri has 228 active non-transient non-community water systems, 7.7% 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 Doe Run Company Buick Smelter?
EPA lists Doe Run Company Buick Smelter 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. 15 of the 23 active systems in Iron County (65%) are also privately owned.
Does Doe Run Company Buick Smelter have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2014 and May 2025. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (2 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-10-17 | ReportingLSL Reporting · code 4G | Lead and Copper Rule Revisionscode 5200 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-03-19 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Aldicarb sulfoxidecode 2043 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Picloramcode 2040 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Simazinecode 2037 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Oxamylcode 2036 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Toxaphenecode 2020 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Methoxychlorcode 2015 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Chlordanecode 2959 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Lindane (gamma-BHC)code 2010 | No | Resolved |
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.
Doe Run Company Buick Smelter: frequently asked questions
Who runs Doe Run Company Buick Smelter?
Doe Run Company Buick Smelter (PWSID MO4180635) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MO state drinking water program.
How many people does Doe Run Company Buick Smelter serve?
Doe Run Company Buick Smelter reports serving 311 people through 6 service connections in Iron County, Missouri.
Where does Doe Run Company Buick Smelter 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 Doe Run Company Buick Smelter 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 May 2025. 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 Doe Run Company Buick Smelter'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 May 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MO state drinking water program.
Where can I find Doe Run Company Buick Smelter's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Doe Run Company Buick Smelter is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Iron County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo American Ironton | Iron | 1,460 | Community | Surface water |
| Pilot Knob Rural Wd 1 N & S | Iron | 839 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
| Pilot Knob Pws | Iron | 746 | Community | Groundwater |
| Viburnum Pws | Iron | 639 | Community | Groundwater |
| Arcadia Pws | Iron | 607 | Community | Groundwater |
| Annapolis Pws | Iron | 300 | Community | Groundwater |
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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, “Doe Run Company Buick Smelter, PWSID MO4180635, Missouri”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/missouri/doe-run-company-buick-smelter-mo4180635 (data as of October 1, 2026).