Butler County Pwsd 1, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.42 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.
About Butler County Pwsd 1
Butler County Pwsd 1 serves about 12,000 people through 4,821 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Butler County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO4024070; phone on file: 573-785-5010. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Butler County Pwsd 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.02 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Butler County Pwsd 1 is 4.47 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.42 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.02 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.02 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.34 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.34 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.47 ppb |
How Butler County Pwsd 1 compares
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. Butler County Pwsd 1's 1.42 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Missouri and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Butler County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Butler County Pwsd 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Poplar Bluff Pws | 17,043 | 0 (not detected) |
| Butler County Pwsd 3 | 2,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Butler County Pwsd 2 | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Neelyville Pws | 485 | 2.44 ppb |
| Butler County Pwsd 104 | 475 | 1.49 ppb |
| Qulin Pws | 375 | 1.6 ppb |
| Fisk Pws | 342 | 1.51 ppb |
| Liberty Utilities Lakeland Hts Water Co | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| W E Sears Youth Center | 150 | 2.32 ppb |
| Liberty Utilities Oakbrier Estates | 143 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Poplar Bluff, 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 Butler County Pwsd 1 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.