Is Blue Springs Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Jackson

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
RPT	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-02
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-08-01 → 2024-08-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-08-01 → 2024-08-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-08-01 → 2024-08-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-08-01 → 2024-08-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2013-07-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	36.07 µg/L 2.8% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 56.3 µg/L	87/90	SYR4	2012–2018
Chloroform	12.59 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 19.4 µg/L	58/58	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	25.345 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30 µg/L	58/58	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	14.2 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 20.7 µg/L	49/58	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.352 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.59 µg/L	37/58	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	29.55 µg/L 49% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 34 µg/L	31/58	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	3.982 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.46 µg/L	30/58	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	6.083 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 10.1 µg/L	27/90	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0028 mg/L 19% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	24/24	LCR	2024
Lithium	53.6 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/8	UCMR-5	2024
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.2745 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.28 µg/L	2/58	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	0.5100 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/58	SYR4	2012–2019

32 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: CATES, CHRISTINE
Phone: 816-228-0195
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Blue Springs

Is Blue Springs tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Blue Springs's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Blue Springs's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, Bromodichloromethane, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Blue Springs serve?

Blue Springs reports serving 61,084 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Blue Springs had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 6 violations on file for Blue Springs, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.