Cross Timbers Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.75 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.
About Cross Timbers Pws
Cross Timbers Pws serves about 215 people through 73 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hickory County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5010197; phone on file: 417-479-5550. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (2.38 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cross Timbers Pws is 8.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.75 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.38 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.52 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. Cross Timbers Pws's 1.75 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Missouri and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hickory County
9 other systems share Hickory County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cross Timbers Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co | 1,450 | 2.62 ppb |
| Hermitage Pws | 621 | 1.02 ppb |
| Weaubleau Pws | 418 | 4.32 ppb |
| Wheatland Pws | 371 | 2.07 ppb |
| Village Of Preston Water Dept | 225 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Forest Subdivision | 200 | 0.61 ppb |
| Pomme Mhp Llc | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whiteside Hidden Acres | 92 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riviera South Water Corp | 90 | 5.1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cross Timbers, 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 Cross Timbers 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.