Caldwell County Pwsd 2, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Caldwell County Pwsd 2 serves about 695 people through 288 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 surface water, in Caldwell County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1024079; phone on file: 816-575-2013. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Caldwell County Pwsd 2's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Caldwell County Pwsd 2 is 1.04 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.04 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.04 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Caldwell County Pwsd 2's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Missouri and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Caldwell County
7 other systems share Caldwell County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Caldwell County Pwsd 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Pws | 1,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caldwell County Pwsd 3 | 1,452 | 0 (not detected) |
| Braymer Pws | 878 | 0 (not detected) |
| Polo Pws | 575 | 5.53 ppb |
| Caldwell County Pwsd 1 | 335 | 1.39 ppb |
| Breckenridge Pws | 333 | 10.79 ppb |
| Kingston Pws | 290 | 2.25 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Caldwell County Pwsd 2's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Caldwell County Pwsd 2 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.