Elmo Pws, 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.
Elmo Pws at a glance
Elmo Pws serves about 169 people through 70 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 surface water, in Nodaway County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010249; phone on file: 660-742-3221. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Elmo Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elmo Pws is 1.3 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.56 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.56 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Elmo Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Missouri and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Nodaway County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elmo Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Maryville Pws | 10,775 | 6.05 ppb |
| Nodaway County Pwsd 1 | 6,428 | 1.41 ppb |
| Burlington Junction Pws | 630 | 1.53 ppb |
| Hopkins Pws | 550 | 1.77 ppb |
| Ravenwood Pws | 420 | 0 (not detected) |
| Skidmore Pws | 230 | 5.74 ppb |
| Barnard Pws | 220 | 2.9 ppb |
| Clearmont Pws | 210 | 1.8 ppb |
| Conception Junction Pws | 192 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graham Pws | 170 | 0.85 ppb |
Next steps for Elmo, MO
Look up your address in Elmo Pws'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 Elmo 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.