Franklin Water Systems 3, 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.
Franklin Water Systems 3 at a glance
Franklin Water Systems 3 serves about 201 people through 67 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lubbock County, Missouri. EPA system ID: TX1520080; phone on file: 254-355-9124. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Franklin Water Systems 3'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 3 is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Franklin Water Systems 3's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Missouri and the 15th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Lubbock County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Franklin Water Systems 3. 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 |
| Franklin Water Systems 1 | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cswr Southwest Garden Water | 324 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Franklin Water Systems 3'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 3 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.