Bolivar Southtown Utilities Company Inc, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.06 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Bolivar Southtown Utilities Company Inc at a glance
Bolivar Southtown Utilities Company Inc serves about 573 people through 226 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Polk County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5031408; phone on file: 417-609-8920. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 4.78 ppb from 5.84 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bolivar Southtown Utilities Company Inc is 5.84 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.06 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.84 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.84 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.84 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.12 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.12 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.12 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.14 ppb |
Against other Missouri systems
Of the 1,674 Missouri systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.04 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 74 have gone over at some point. Bolivar Southtown Utilities Company Inc's 1.06 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Missouri and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Polk County
13 other systems share Polk County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bolivar Southtown Utilities Company Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty Utilities Bolivar | 11,000 | 1.2 ppb |
| Humansville Pws | 1,048 | 6.94 ppb |
| Pleasant Hope Pws | 614 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fair Play Pws | 475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Texas Landing Utilities | 420 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morrisville Pws | 400 | 1.27 ppb |
| Silo Ridge | 400 | 2.02 ppb |
| Halfway Pws | 151 | 2.93 ppb |
| Flemington Pws | 124 | 1.57 ppb |
| Lake Meadows Mhp | 100 | 5.68 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Aurora, MO may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bolivar Southtown Utilities Company Inc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.