Ferndale Residential Care Ii, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.21 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.
Ferndale Residential Care Ii at a glance
Ferndale Residential Care Ii serves about 31 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Phelps County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO3069014; phone on file: 573-265-3344. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.39 ppb from 0.82 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ferndale Residential Care Ii is 5.1 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.21 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.1 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. Ferndale Residential Care Ii's 2.21 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Missouri and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Phelps County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ferndale Residential Care Ii. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rolla Pws | 20,800 | 3.91 ppb |
| St James Pws | 3,935 | 0 (not detected) |
| Phelps County Pwsd 2 South | 1,763 | 2.23 ppb |
| Phelps County Pwsd 1 | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Phelps County Pwsd 2 North | 523 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newburg Pws | 324 | 0.59 ppb |
| Kvc | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gladlo Water & Sewer Inc | 182 | 0.51 ppb |
| Lakeside Community Inc | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stately Mansion Mobile Villa | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for St James, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St James, 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 Ferndale Residential Care Ii 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.