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The ratio of water supply in Chungnam area is 64.4% and the ratio is great lower than 91.3% of national average of water supply. Therefore many population lived in Chungnam area have lived without public water supply system. In this paper, current status of small community water supply, water utility and water quality test result in Chungnam area were investigated. There are 951 small community water supply facilities and 1121 small community water supply facilities in Chungnam area. The survey showed 28.2% of small community water supply was older than 25 years and Among of small community water supply facilities, only 165 facilities have filtration treatment and the other 1893 facilities rely on only chlorination alone. Water quality test about 14 items were done and the result showed 361 facilities was inadequate among ot 11223 facilities. This means that 3.2% of the whole small community water supply did not satisfy present water standards. This paper aims to investigate current status of small community water supply in Chungnam and analyze trouble in the facility and maintenance for the consideration of water supply policy.