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New Hamburg Central

At a glance

New Hamburg Central (PWSID MO4031614) is an active community water system in Scott County, Missouri. It reports serving 45 people through 17 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 2026.

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

Population served

45

Service connections

17

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDMO4031614
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served45
Service connections17
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyMO state drinking water program
City servedBenton
StateMissouri
ZIP—
CountyScott County

How does New Hamburg Central compare with other water systems in Scott County?

By EPA's size categories, New Hamburg Central is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Scott County has 18 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,901 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 34,210 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 New Hamburg Central 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 New Hamburg Central?

EPA lists New Hamburg Central 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. 4 of the 18 active systems in Scott County (22%) are also privately owned.

Does New Hamburg Central 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 2026. The violations listed here began between July 2025 and January 2026. By type: 10 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (8 of them). EPA lists 11 as unaddressed and 1 as archived. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2026-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038NoArchived
2025-12-30Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoUnaddressed
2025-12-18Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-11-27Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-11-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-10-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-08-28Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-08-15Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-08-05Public notice, recordkeeping or otherFailure to Consult with State · code 20Groundwater Rulecode 0700NoUnaddressed
2025-07-31Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-07-03Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-07-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000NoUnaddressed

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.

New Hamburg Central: frequently asked questions

Who runs New Hamburg Central?

New Hamburg Central (PWSID MO4031614) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MO state drinking water program.

How many people does New Hamburg Central serve?

New Hamburg Central reports serving 45 people through 17 service connections in Scott County, Missouri.

Where does New Hamburg Central 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 New Hamburg Central 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 2026. 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 New Hamburg Central'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 2026. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the MO state drinking water program.

Where can I find New Hamburg Central's water quality report?

As a community water system, New Hamburg Central 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 Scott County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Sikeston PwsScott16,291CommunityGroundwater
Scott City PwsScott4,653CommunityGroundwater
Scott County Pwsd 4Scott3,150CommunityGroundwater
Chaffee PwsScott3,054CommunityGroundwater
Oran PwsScott1,294CommunityGroundwater
Miner PwsScott1,135CommunityGroundwater

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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, “New Hamburg Central, PWSID MO4031614, Missouri”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/missouri/new-hamburg-central-mo4031614 (data as of October 1, 2026).