Elsberry Health Care Center, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Elsberry Health Care Center at a glance
Elsberry Health Care Center serves about 60 people through 2 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lincoln County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO6069069; phone on file: 573-898-2880. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elsberry Health Care Center is 2.89 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.78 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.78 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.78 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.8 ppb |
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. Elsberry Health Care Center's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in Missouri and the 5th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Lincoln County
30 other systems share Lincoln County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elsberry Health Care Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Troy Pws | 15,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Lincoln County Pwsd 1 | 14,000 | 3.51 ppb |
| Moscow Mills Pws | 4,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elsberry Pws | 2,076 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winfield Pws | 1,489 | 1.29 ppb |
| Lincoln County Pwsd 2 | 1,005 | 5.24 ppb |
| Hawk Point Pws | 945 | 3.45 ppb |
| Quail Run Mhp | 897 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Meadows | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Majestic Lakes | 512 | 1.52 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Elsberry Health Care Center'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 Elsberry Health Care Center 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.