Is Nixa Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	2014-11-01 → 2014-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-11-01 → 2014-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-11-01 → 2014-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-11-01 → 2014-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-07-31

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	91.74 µg/L 7.1% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 201 µg/L	113/117	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	360 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 580 µg/L	56/138	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	12.795 µg/L 85% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 22.7 µg/L	34/117	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	60.51 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 90.1 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0011 mg/L 7.5% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2025
Fluoride	1360 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 2020 µg/L	13/27	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Uranium	3.755 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 3.81 µg/L	6/9	SYR4	2012–2016
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	8 pCi/L 53% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	5/9	SYR4	2012–2016
Chromium	1.3075 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 1.33 µg/L	4/45	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	2.488 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.56 µg/L	3/27	SYR4	2013–2019
Xylenes, Total	3.346 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3.57 µg/L	3/26	SYR4	2013–2019
Antimony, Total	1.32 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.1 pCi/L 22% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2016
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.01 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/8	SYR4	2016–2019
Ethylbenzene	0.8200 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/26	SYR4	2013–2019
Selenium	8.24 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2013–2019

86 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-PF3ONSAdonaAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloroformDichloromethaneDalaponDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTTHMTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: COSSEY, TRAVIS
Phone: 417-725-2353
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Nixa

Is Nixa tap water safe to drink?

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

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Nitrate-Nitrite, Lead, Barium, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Nixa serve?

Nixa reports serving 24,532 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Nixa had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 77 violations on file for Nixa, of which 72 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.