Is Palmyra Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Marion

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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-07-01

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	67.265 µg/L 5.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 228 µg/L	62/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	11.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.3 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.8225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.08 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	13.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 55.4 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.615 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.6 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	35.19 µg/L 44% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 93.4 µg/L	23/23	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	7.3455 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.82 µg/L	22/23	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0011 mg/L 7.5% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2025
Trichloroacetic Acid	3.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.61 µg/L	21/23	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.858 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.21 µg/L	17/23	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	30 µg/L 0.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	7.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.68 µg/L	15/23	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	18.48 µg/L 31% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 18.7 µg/L	12/23	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	6.75 µg/L 45% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.71 µg/L	7/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	33.08 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 33.4 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	770 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 800 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018

82 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SMITH, DUSTIN L
Phone: 573-822-0933

Frequently asked questions about Palmyra

Is Palmyra tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 16 contaminants in Palmyra'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 Palmyra's water?

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

How many people does Palmyra serve?

Palmyra reports serving 3,595 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Palmyra had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1 violation on file for Palmyra, of which 0 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.