Cameron Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.41 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.
Cameron Pws at a glance
Cameron Pws serves about 11,963 people through 3,076 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 surface water, in Clinton County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010131; phone on file: 816-632-2177. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1.79 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cameron Pws is 1.79 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.41 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.79 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.79 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.49 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.7 ppb |
How Cameron Pws 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. Cameron Pws's 1.41 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Missouri and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Clinton County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cameron Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton Co Pwsd 4 Sys 1 | 4,968 | 2.01 ppb |
| Lathrop Pws | 2,945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plattsburg Pws | 2,354 | 15.5 ppb |
| Gower Pws | 1,360 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clinton County Pwsd 1 | 1,080 | 2.72 ppb |
| Clinton County Pwsd 4 Sys 2 | 840 | 2.31 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cameron, 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 Cameron 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.