Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer Dist, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.42 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
Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer Dist serves about 700 people through 215 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Carter County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO4036194; phone on file: 573-870-0510. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.87 ppb from 3.55 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer Dist is 8.81 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.42 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.55 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.55 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.65 ppb |
| 2018 | 8.81 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.93 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. Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer Dist's 7.42 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Missouri and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Carter County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Pws | 819 | 3.41 ppb |
| Carter County Pwsd 1 | 600 | 1.07 ppb |
| Ellsinore Pws | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grandin Pws | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carter County Pwsd 2 | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Van Buren, 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 Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer Dist 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.