Duenweg Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
About Duenweg Pws
Duenweg Pws serves about 1,469 people through 740 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jasper County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5010227; phone on file: 417-623-2027. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (2.98 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Duenweg Pws is 3.57 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.98 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.98 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.98 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.57 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.57 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.57 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.46 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. Duenweg Pws's 3 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Missouri and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jasper County
16 other systems share Jasper County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Duenweg Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mo American Joplin | 73,728 | 4 ppb |
| Carthage Pws | 14,600 | 1.86 ppb |
| Webb City Pws | 13,404 | 3.58 ppb |
| Carl Junction Pws | 8,142 | 1.47 ppb |
| Jasper County Pwsd 1 | 5,500 | 2.82 ppb |
| Jasper County Pwsd 2 | 3,383 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oronogo Pws | 2,719 | 1.24 ppb |
| Carterville Pws | 1,982 | 1.64 ppb |
| Jasper County Pwsd 3 | 1,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sarcoxie Pws | 1,539 | 3.35 ppb |
Next steps for Duenweg, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Duenweg, 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 Duenweg 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.