Consumer Confidence Reports

Each year, by July 1, community water supplies are required to make Consumer Confidence Reports available to their customers. These reports enable Missourians to make knowledgeable decisions about their health and their environment and provide consumers with the following information:
  • The lake, river, aquifer, or other source of the drinking water.
  • A brief summary of the susceptibility to contamination of the local drinking water source, based on the source water assessments.
  • How to get a copy of the water system’s complete source water assessment;
  • The level, or range of levels, of any contaminant found in local drinking water, as well as the federal health-based standard (maximum contaminant level) for comparison.
  • The likely source of any contaminant in the local drinking water supply.
  • Potential health effects of any contaminant detected in violation of health standards, and an accounting of the system’s actions to restore safe drinking water.
  • The water system’s compliance with other drinking water-related rules.
  • Educational information on nitrate, arsenic, or lead in areas where these contaminants are detected above 50 percent of federal standards.
  • Phone numbers for additional sources of information.
Consumer Confidence Reports are updated annually by April 1. 
Information and instructions for community water supplies can be found at the following links along with the required certification form that must be submitted to the department by Oct. 1 each year.

Backflow Prevention

Yearly Primacy Fee

On July 9, 1992, Governor Ashcroft signed the Missouri Drinking Water Fee Bill – House Bill 1393.
This legislation requires that water utility customers pay a fee to maintain the Safe Drinking Water Program. This fee, known as the Missouri Primacy Fee, is forwarded to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources once all fees have been collected from the customers. The State Drinking Water Program’s purpose is to ensure that public water suppliers deliver water meeting all health-related standards, which are mandated by the Federal EPA. Present Federal and State funding is not adequate to finance the increased MANDATORY Federal Programs and this Primacy Fee will assist the State program. The amount of the fee is based upon two variables:
1) The size of the water meter serving each connection or;
2) The number of connections served by the water system
Until this year your fee of $3.00 was based on the size of our district: 1001 – 4000 connections
As of January 1, 2022, the prorated fee amount will be S4.52.
If your fee is more than $4.52, it is because you have a larger meter at your business/residence.
1 1/2” – 2” meters $16.48
2 1/2” – 4” meters $81.72
4 1/2” or larger $159.48
Revised: 2022
Next year the fee will reflect the annual fee of 5.28
THIS FEE IS ASSESSED ANNUALLY IN JULY

Missouri Department of Natural Resources