Bourbon Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.04 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Bourbon Pws at a glance
Bourbon Pws serves about 1,524 people through 647 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Crawford County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO6010092; phone on file: 573-732-5550. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bourbon Pws is 2.88 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.04 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.88 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.88 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.47 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.47 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Bourbon Pws's 1.04 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Missouri and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Crawford County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bourbon Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cuba Pws | 3,292 | 1.69 ppb |
| Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company | 1,600 | 1.81 ppb |
| Steelville Pws | 1,435 | 2.51 ppb |
| Leasburg Pws | 350 | 1.8 ppb |
| Village Of West Sullivan Pws | 345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crawford County Pwsd 1 | 155 | 2.79 ppb |
| Streamline The Oaks | 98 | 0 (not detected) |
| Steelville Care & Rehab Center | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Route 66 Homes | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bourbon, 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 Bourbon Pws 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.