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Carter County, Missouri: drinking water records
This overview covers 4 ZIP codes and 11 community water systems in Carter County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Ridge Water District #2 KY0180509 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 ppb |
| Center Ridge Water System KY0180549 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 ppb |
| Black Creek Retreat MS0180021 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.7 ppb |
| Center Ridge Water District #3 KY0180502 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.4 ppb |
| Center Ridge Water District #4 KY0183106 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 ppb |
| Van Buren PWS MO4010811 | 819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 ppb |
| Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer Dist MO4036194 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 ppb |
| Carter County Pwsd 1 MO4024108 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 ppb |
| Ellsinore PWS MO4010246 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Grandin PWS MO4010322 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Carter County Pwsd 2 MO4024109 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
ZIP reports in Carter County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.