Is Farmington Correctional Center Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: State government
Counties served: St. Francois

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.

302

health-based violations

382

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-04-01 → 2024-06-30

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	123.6 µg/L 9.5% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1520 µg/L	62/66	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	634.5 µg/L 6.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1070 µg/L	34/34	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	16.3 pCi/L 109% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 29.6 pCi/L	33/34	SYR4	2012–2015
Lead	42.5 µg/L 283% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 53.6 µg/L	26/66	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	24/24	LCR	2025
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	7.94 pCi/L 159% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 14.6 pCi/L	19/42	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	1.4925 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 1.74 µg/L	16/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Uranium	2 µg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L	9/34	SYR4	2012–2015
Chromium	7.08 µg/L 7.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 7.5 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	69.99 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 71.5 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Xylenes, Total	1.2875 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1.32 µg/L	2/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	0.5800 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/57	SYR4	2012–2019

89 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, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTTHMThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: VINSON, JASON
Phone: 573-218-7100
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Farmington Correctional Center

Is Farmington Correctional Center tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Farmington Correctional Center'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 Farmington Correctional Center's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Nitrate-Nitrite, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U, Lead, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Farmington Correctional Center serve?

Farmington Correctional Center reports serving 3,500 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Farmington Correctional Center had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 382 violations on file for Farmington Correctional Center, of which 302 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 3 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.