Utility-reported hardness
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Official source aggregationWater quality in Benton, MO 63736
Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Scott County.
1 active health-based record(s) across possible systems
- Largest possible serving system
- Benton Pws
- Source water
- Groundwater
- County
- Scott County
- Profile updated
Your tap water
What does the utility report?
Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.
Utility hardness unavailable in this index
Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.
Find an official utility report →At a glance
What the current records say
EPA quarter 2026Q2
All possible systems
Review needed
1 active health-based record
Measurements by utility
Each result belongs to a specific system.
Utility match
3 systems
Serves 885 people system-wide
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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records
These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.
EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.
Benton Pws
MO4010062 · Groundwater · 885 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0034 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
23% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023 |
New Hamburg South End
MO4031611 · Groundwater · 60 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
No active health-based record in this imported snapshot
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 0.0027 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
18% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Nov 14, 2025 |
New Hamburg Central
MO4031614 · Groundwater · 45 people served system-wide
The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.
1 reported active health-based record(s) for this system
Find this utility’s official report →Measurements (1)
An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.
Lead (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 5.4e-4 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
4% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (67)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Archived | Jan 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Nov 1, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Aug 15, 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | Unaddressed | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jul 3, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | May 31, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | May 18, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | May 1, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Mar 5, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jan 30, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Dec 28, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Dec 14, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Nov 8, 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Unaddressed | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Sep 26, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Sep 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Aug 24, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Jul 31, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jun 27, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | May 30, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Apr 8, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2024 to Apr 30, 2024 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Apr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Mar 2, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Mar 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Groundwater RuleHealth-based | Unaddressed | Feb 25, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Feb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023 |
| Groundwater Rule | Unaddressed | Nov 25, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Nov 1, 2023 to Nov 30, 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2023 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Aug 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2023 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | Jun 28, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Unaddressed | May 17, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Apr 30, 2023 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Feb 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2023 to Jan 31, 2023 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Oct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | Resolved | Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021 |
Hardness meter
What does nearby environmental evidence show?
224.5
PPM as CaCO₃
Very Hard
PPM
224.5
GPG
13.1
Regional environmental evidence
USGS hardness classification scale
224.5 PPM
Soft
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
Parts per million
224.5
mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalent
Grains per gallon
13.1
1 GPG ≈ 17.1 PPM
How to use regional evidence
These samples describe nearby environmental water. They cannot establish whether your tap water is soft or hard. Use a utility result or a tap test for appliance settings and treatment sizing.
USGS sites used
6
Nearest site
11.7 mi
Observation range
Aug 23, 2016–Oct 17, 2019
Regional evidence confidence
Low
Median of the latest source-type-aligned hardness observation at each monitoring site within 25 miles. Nearest monitoring location: T27N R13E S7 001 (Well).USGS source documentation ↗Evidence tier: Regional environmental evidence. This value is not used as proof of the serving utility's treated-water hardness.
Regional context
Is 63736 typical?
These comparisons use other indexed ZIP estimates, not utility tap samples. They help show local context without replacing a household test.
Benton median
225 PPM
About the same1 indexed ZIP readings · Range 224.5–224.5 PPM
Missouri median
227 PPM
About the same479 indexed ZIP readings · Range 23.8–729.5 PPM
Evidence-first next steps
Confirm the problem before choosing treatment
This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.
Confirm the serving system
ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
Read the current utility report
An active health-based record is present. Follow the utility's current notice and public-health instructions.
Find an official utility report →Test for the decision you face
Use a tap hardness test before sizing a softener. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and the correct sampling protocol.
Convert your hardness test result →Frequently asked
Water questions for Benton
Is tap water safe in Benton?+
EPA ECHO reports 1 active health-based violation among the associated community water systems. Review the affected utility's current notice and Consumer Confidence Report.
How hard is the water?+
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
Do I need a water softener?+
Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.