Is Paris Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-12-01 → 2015-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-12-01 → 2015-12-31

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
Copper	616.2 µg/L 47% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1030 µg/L	70/70	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromodichloromethane	12.22 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.7 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	70 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 111 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	29.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 44.6 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	11.36 µg/L 76% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	49/70	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	82.92 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 124 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	15.98 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29.4 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	47.85 µg/L 80% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 74 µg/L	48/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.3275 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.82 µg/L	46/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0041 mg/L 27% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	20/20	LCR	2023
Monobromoacetic Acid	10.645 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.9 µg/L	18/49	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	12.879 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.5 µg/L	2/49	SYR4	2013–2019

2 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformMonochloroacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: POPKES, CHRIS
Phone: 660-327-4334

Frequently asked questions about Paris

Is Paris tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Paris'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 Paris's water?

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

How many people does Paris serve?

Paris reports serving 1,161 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Paris had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 15 violations on file for Paris, 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.