Callaway 2 Water District, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.77 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Callaway 2 Water District at a glance
Callaway 2 Water District serves about 13,080 people through 5,745 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 Callaway County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO3024085; phone on file: 573-642-6898. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.73 ppb from 4.5 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Callaway 2 Water District is 4.5 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.77 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.18 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.18 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.18 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.68 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.68 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.68 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 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. Callaway 2 Water District's 1.77 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Missouri and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Callaway County
9 other systems share Callaway County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Callaway 2 Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fulton Pws | 12,600 | 3.98 ppb |
| Callaway County Pwsd 1 | 9,840 | 4.06 ppb |
| Auxvasse Pws | 1,001 | 3.03 ppb |
| New Bloomfield Pws | 669 | 2.54 ppb |
| Seges Mhp | 285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mokane Pws | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kingdom City Pws | 128 | 0.66 ppb |
| Mo American Jefferson City North | 95 | 2 ppb |
| Wildwood Lot Owners Assn | 78 | 2.07 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fulton, 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 Callaway 2 Water District 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.