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Holy Family Catholic Church

At a glance

Holy Family Catholic Church (PWSID MO5272977) is an active transient non-community water system in Barry County, Missouri. It reports serving 75 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2011.

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

Population served

75

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMO5272977
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served75
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMO state drinking water program
City servedShell Knob
StateMissouri
ZIP—
CountyBarry County

How does Holy Family Catholic Church compare with other water systems in Barry County?

By EPA's size categories, Holy Family Catholic Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Barry County has 88 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 341 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 30,034 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Missouri, the 2,943 active systems average 2,049 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Holy Family Catholic Church is about half of that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Missouri has 1,103 active transient non-community water systems, 37% 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 Holy Family Catholic Church?

EPA lists Holy Family Catholic Church 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. 70 of the 88 active systems in Barry County (80%) are also privately owned.

Does Holy Family Catholic Church have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2011. The violations listed here began between January 2009 and April 2011. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 4 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2011-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34E. colicode 3014NoResolved
2009-12-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2009-09-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved
2009-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038NoResolved

All 4 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.

Holy Family Catholic Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Holy Family Catholic Church?

Holy Family Catholic Church (PWSID MO5272977) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MO state drinking water program.

How many people does Holy Family Catholic Church serve?

Holy Family Catholic Church reports serving 75 people through 1 service connection in Barry County, Missouri.

Where does Holy Family Catholic Church 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 Holy Family Catholic Church have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2011. 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 Holy Family Catholic Church'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. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2011. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MO state drinking water program.

Where can I find Holy Family Catholic Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Holy Family Catholic Church is a 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 Barry County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Monett PwsBarry9,789CommunityGroundwater
Cassville PwsBarry3,290CommunityGroundwater
Southwest Rural Water District 1Barry2,700CommunityGroundwater
Purdy PwsBarry1,100CommunityGroundwater
Georges Processing Inc.Barry1,000Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Harter House of Shell KnobBarry900Transient 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, “Holy Family Catholic Church, PWSID MO5272977, Missouri”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/missouri/holy-family-catholic-church-mo5272977 (data as of October 1, 2026).