Is Camden County Pwsd 3 Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-05-01
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-05-01
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-05-01
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-05-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2013-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2012-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-01

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	127 µg/L 9.8% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 149 µg/L	35/35	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	10.135 µg/L 68% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 14.9 µg/L	24/35	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	85 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0046 mg/L 31% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
Barium	60.275 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 61.5 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	4.54 pCi/L 91% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 4.8 pCi/L	5/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	2.7055 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.86 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	190 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	0.6345 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6400 µg/L	2/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	11.536 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.1 µg/L	2/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	16.5355 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.3 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	8.9 pCi/L 59% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2018
TTHM	12.7 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	19.2 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.94 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019

56 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MURPHY, TIM
Phone: 660-851-2462

Frequently asked questions about Camden County Pwsd 3

Is Camden County Pwsd 3 tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Camden County Pwsd 3'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 Camden County Pwsd 3's water?

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

How many people does Camden County Pwsd 3 serve?

Camden County Pwsd 3 reports serving 1,650 people in Missouri, per its EPA record.

Has Camden County Pwsd 3 had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 13 violations on file for Camden County Pwsd 3, 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.