College Of The Ozarks, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About College Of The Ozarks
College Of The Ozarks serves about 1,700 people through 59 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Taney County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5069033; phone on file: 417-334-6411. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
College Of The Ozarks's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for College Of The Ozarks is 4.37 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.37 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.37 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.48 ppb |
How College Of The Ozarks 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. College Of The Ozarks's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Missouri and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
51 other systems share Taney County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than College Of The Ozarks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Branson Pws | 12,640 | 2.92 ppb |
| Mo American Tri State | 8,680 | 2 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 3 | 6,000 | 3.87 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 2 | 5,500 | 1.92 ppb |
| Hollister Pws | 4,426 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forsyth Pws | 2,730 | 2.75 ppb |
| Holiday Hills Resort | 2,065 | 3.83 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 1 | 2,000 | 1.17 ppb |
| Merriam Woods Pws | 1,839 | 5 ppb |
| Mo American Emerald Pointe Subd | 1,275 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Point Lookout, MO
Look up your address in College Of The Ozarks'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 College Of The Ozarks 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.