Country Aire Apartments, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.45 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Country Aire Apartments serves about 25 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Douglas County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5071593; phone on file: 417-250-1065. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.85 ppb from 7.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Country Aire Apartments is 7.3 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.45 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.48 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.2 ppb |
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. Country Aire Apartments's 3.45 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Missouri and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
1 other system shares Douglas County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Country Aire Apartments. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ava Pws | 3,000 | 4.55 ppb |
Next steps for Ava, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ava, 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 Country Aire Apartments 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.