Fulton Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.98 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.
About Fulton Pws
Fulton Pws serves about 12,600 people through 4,673 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Callaway County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO3010296; phone on file: 573-592-3170. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Fulton Pws's lead record
That is up 1.86 ppb from 2.12 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fulton Pws is 3.98 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.98 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.12 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.12 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.12 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.25 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.25 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.25 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.38 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. Fulton Pws's 3.98 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Missouri and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Callaway County
9 other systems share Callaway County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Fulton Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Callaway 2 Water District | 13,080 | 1.77 ppb |
| Callaway County Pwsd 1 | 9,840 | 4.06 ppb |
| Auxvasse Pws | 1,001 | 3.03 ppb |
| New Bloomfield Pws | 669 | 2.54 ppb |
| Seges Mhp | 285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mokane Pws | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kingdom City Pws | 128 | 0.66 ppb |
| Mo American Jefferson City North | 95 | 2 ppb |
| Wildwood Lot Owners Assn | 78 | 2.07 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fulton, 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 Fulton 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.