Is Higbee Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-07-01 → 2016-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-07-01 → 2016-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-07-01 → 2016-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-07-01 → 2016-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-04-01 → 2016-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-04-01 → 2016-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-04-01 → 2016-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-04-01 → 2016-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-01-01 → 2016-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-01-01 → 2016-03-31

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	12.89 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.9 µg/L	43/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	100.66 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 156 µg/L	43/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	30.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 47.4 µg/L	43/43	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	115.43 µg/L 144% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 171 µg/L	43/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.526 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3 µg/L	42/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	20.05 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.1 µg/L	42/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	52 µg/L 87% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 70.6 µg/L	41/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Copper	645.9 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 908 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	12.28 µg/L 82% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 53.6 µg/L	25/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0068 mg/L 45% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	24/24	LCR	2024
Monobromoacetic Acid	9.345 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.38 µg/L	8/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.3575 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.36 µg/L	6/43	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.05 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/43	SYR4	2013–2019

1 contaminants tested, none detected

Bromoform

Utility contact

Contact: SWITZER, RICK
Phone: 660-456-7414
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Higbee

Is Higbee tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Higbee'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 Higbee's water?

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

How many people does Higbee serve?

Higbee reports serving 560 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Higbee had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 86 violations on file for Higbee, of which 20 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.