Franklin Water Systems 1, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Franklin Water Systems 1
Franklin Water Systems 1 serves about 510 people through 170 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Lubbock County, Missouri. EPA system ID: TX1520224; phone on file: 254-355-9124. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Franklin Water Systems 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Franklin Water Systems 1 is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 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. Franklin Water Systems 1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 24th percentile in Missouri and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Lubbock County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Franklin Water Systems 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North University Estates | 600 | 0.88 ppb |
| Cswr Southwest Garden Water | 324 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklin Water Systems 3 | 201 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Franklin Water Systems 1'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 Franklin Water Systems 1 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.