Gainesville Pws, 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.
About Gainesville Pws
Gainesville Pws serves about 742 people through 419 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ozark County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5010297; phone on file: 417-679-4858. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Gainesville Pws's lead record
That is down 2.32 ppb from 2.32 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gainesville Pws is 2.32 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.32 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.32 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.32 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.41 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.41 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.41 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.37 ppb |
How Gainesville Pws compares
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. Gainesville Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Missouri and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Ozark County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gainesville Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Pws | 303 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ozark County Pwsd 1 | 243 | 0.53 ppb |
| East Wind Community | 73 | 1.55 ppb |
| Sundown Water System Inc | 60 | 6.5 ppb |
Next steps for Gainesville, MO
Look up your address in Gainesville Pws'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 Gainesville 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.