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Water hardness in Columbia

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Columbia, Missouri.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
6
Active health records
0

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.

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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.

City Of Columbia Utilities

MO3010181 · Groundwater · 126,254 people served system-wide

A municipal system, in-state city, and served county all agree with this Census ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0021 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

14% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for City Of Columbia Utilities
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSUnaddressedJul 2, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Jun 20, 2023

University Of Missouri Columbia

MO3069001 · Groundwater · 40,000 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0029 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

19% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Boone County Cons Pwsd 1

MO3024055 · Groundwater · 24,700 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0035 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

23% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Boone County Cons Pwsd 1
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSUnaddressedJul 2, 2025

Boone County Pwsd 9

MO3024058 · Groundwater · 15,035 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0028 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

19% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (3)
Imported violation history for Boone County Pwsd 9
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedAug 1, 2025 to Nov 13, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedSep 1, 2024 to Nov 13, 2025
E. COLIResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Sep 7, 2021

Kuhle H20

MO3036153 · Groundwater · 450 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Green Hills Mhp

MO3048033 · Groundwater · 195 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

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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

Below action level
Reported level
0.0054 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

36% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (4)
Imported violation history for Green Hills Mhp
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to May 6, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2021
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Jan 31, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Columbia has 5 published ZIP profiles across Boone County. The regional-evidence median is 383 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 383–383 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard5 ZIPs

5 of 5 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
7.8 miles
Profiles with evidence
5/5

Confidence labels

High: 3Moderate: 2Low: 0

Observation window: Jun 20, 2018 to Apr 9, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Columbia

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Columbia

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.