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Check your water bill for your utility name and confirm the reporting year. See EPA’s guide to finding your annual water quality report.
Public water-system records for Cape Girardeau, MO from EPA SDWIS.
Cape Girardeau Pws
Active monitoring or reporting issue detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
City listed in EPA records · Serves 39,941 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
PFAS screening separates EPA UCMR5 drinking-water monitoring from nearby DoD PFAS investigation-site records; EPA samples shown are from Jul 2024 to Jan 2025.
Drinking Water PFAS Monitoring
EPA UCMR5 samples public water systems. These results are separate from nearby PFAS cleanup or investigation-site records.
PFAS detections below EPA limits.
Nearby PFAS Investigation Sites
DoD records are nearby site investigations, not Cape Girardeau drinking-water detections. Record names come from the source database and can be broad.
No DoD PFAS investigation records shown for this report.
EPA ATTAINS records identify assessed water bodies that do not meet water-quality standards for designated uses.
Juden Creek-Mississippi River
Reported: Nov 2026
Health-relevant causes: Mercury, Metals (other Than Mercury), Pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (pcbs)
Affected uses: Drinkingwater, Fishconsumption
Data from EPA ATTAINS
NPDES permits regulate pollutant discharges into U.S. waterways. Facilities must report compliance quarterly.
Violation records
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Last inspected: Dec 2025
Data from EPA ECHO
To investigate water contamination, check the sampling locations, dates and results below. For tap water records, see Drinking water quality above.
Reviewed: source records as of 2026
Review historical EPA air pollution records, including monitoring and facility emissions where available. For current conditions, check local air quality on AirNow.
Cape Girardeau County
Assessment year: 2020
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 50-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 50 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top modeled source groups
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
No EPA nonattainment designation records shown for this report.
Reviewed: source records as of Q4 2025
TRI releases are self-reported annual totals (calendar year 2024). Hover fugitive or stack for definitions.
Biokyowa Inc
Reported: 2024
Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau
Reported: 2024
Leggett & Platt Inc
Reported: 2024
EPA records for current, proposed and formerly listed Superfund sites on the National Priorities List (NPL).
Open data source: Search EPA ECHOEPA FRS Registry ID 110009339162
Reported: Nov 2021
EPA FRS Registry ID 110017998666
Reported: Nov 2021
Brownfield sites are properties where redevelopment is complicated by the presence of hazardous substances.
Open data source: Search EPA ECHO3 sites with active cleanup or investigation status
805 Broadway, Cape Girardeau
Reported: Feb 2026
824 Broadwasy, Cape Girardeau
Reported: Feb 2026
216 Mason Street, Cape Girardeau
Reported: Feb 2026
Facilities with hazardous-waste handler records under RCRA in the reviewed 5-mile city-center search area. Active handler status is separate from air, water, or other ECHO compliance violations, which are shown in their own sections.
Active RCRA handler records in the reviewed city search area
No release reports shown in this group.
Reviewed: active/open records as of 2018
Data from EPA UST Finder
Toxics Release Inventory data — chemicals disposed on-site at reporting facilities.
Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau
Open data source: View EPA TRI facility recordSites regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, including mines, sand and gravel operations, and portable crushers. Status and type are from the MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System. Records with active/intermittent status dates older than 5 years are shown as older records rather than current active sites.
More MSHA records matched the search than this preview shows.
No records shown in this group.
Reviewed: status dates within last 5 years
Data from MSHA
Cape Girardeau County, MO
EPA Radon Zone Map (June 2024 release)
Cape Girardeau County is EPA Radon Zone 2 (moderate potential). EPA defines Zone 2 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels between 2 pCi/L and 4 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
FEMA flood zones describe mapped flood hazards. Look up a specific address with FEMA.
Special Flood Hazard Area — 1% annual chance of flooding (100-year floodplain) with base flood elevation.
Results use an earlier stored RMP inventory. Current EPA ECHO location coverage is unverified.
EPA ECHO lists facilities linked to the Risk Management Program. Results include facilities with locations that can be matched. Records may be historical. Current operations, chemical inventories, and recent accident history are unverified.
Reviewed: 2000-present
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Cape Girardeau County, MissouriPop. 82,899
County Health Rankings edition: 2024
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking water violation indicator
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 9,178 | 9,478 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 17.1% | 16.4% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 19.2% | 18.1% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 38.0% | 37.6% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 9.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 |
| Drinking water violation indicator | No | N/A | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 10.0% | 9.9% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 75.7 | 75.8 | 77.6 |
EPA testing found PFAS in water samples from Cape Girardeau Pws. Results dated Jul 22, 2024 to Jan 15, 2025 include PFBA at 0.0084 to 0.0126 micrograms per liter.
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EPA drinking water records on this page list 6 violations for Cape Girardeau Pws.
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We don't have air monitoring measurements for Cape Girardeau yet.
The radon data for Cape Girardeau covers Cape Girardeau County. EPA places this area in Zone 2, with a predicted average indoor radon screening level of 2 to 4 picocuries per liter.
This city report shows 2 Superfund sites: Kem-Pest Laboratories; Missouri Utilities Co-Cape Girardeau.
This city report shows 3 brownfield sites: Broadway Theater; Esquire Theater; Mason Street Gas Station.
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The county data for Cape Girardeau reports a life expectancy of 75.7 years in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
The figure is from the 2024 edition of County Health Rankings, a University of Wisconsin program that publishes county health statistics.
The county data for Cape Girardeau reports 9,178 years of life lost to deaths before age 75 per 100,000 residents in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. This measure adds up the years lost to early deaths and adjusts for differences in population age.
The figure is from the 2024 edition of County Health Rankings, a University of Wisconsin program that publishes county health statistics.
The county data for Cape Girardeau lists fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) at 9.1 micrograms per cubic meter in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
The figure is from the 2024 edition of County Health Rankings, a University of Wisconsin program that publishes county health statistics.