Is Breckenridge Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Caldwell

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.

286

health-based violations

395

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-10-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-10-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-10-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-10-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-10-01 → 2012-12-31

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
Bromodichloromethane	16.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.4 µg/L	51/51	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	102.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 134 µg/L	51/51	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	11.26 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.7 µg/L	49/51	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	34.88 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 56.2 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	114 µg/L 143% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 143 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	40.06 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51.4 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	75.98 µg/L 127% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 104 µg/L	47/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.2395 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	20/51	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.3065 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	20/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0108 mg/L 72% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	20/20	LCR	2025
Copper	384.8 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 432 µg/L	17/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	6.5155 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 6.6 µg/L	14/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	8.735 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.34 µg/L	12/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	8.74 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/49	SYR4	2012–2019

Utility contact

Contact: GAUNT, ROGER
Phone: 660-644-5613

Frequently asked questions about Breckenridge

Is Breckenridge tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Breckenridge'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 Breckenridge's water?

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

How many people does Breckenridge serve?

Breckenridge reports serving 333 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Breckenridge had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 395 violations on file for Breckenridge, of which 286 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 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.