Hilltop Water Corp, MO
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Hilltop Water Corp serves about 40 people through 38 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Stone County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5036236; phone on file: 816-718-4357. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hilltop Water Corp is 30.7 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 30.7 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.8 ppb |
How Hilltop Water Corp 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. Hilltop Water Corp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Missouri and the 2nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Stone County
87 other systems share Stone County; 53 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hilltop Water Corp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mo American Stonebridge Village | 2,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stone County Pwsd 1 | 2,052 | 2.13 ppb |
| Pwsd 2 Of Stone County 265 | 1,535 | 2.59 ppb |
| Crane Pws | 1,495 | 2.59 ppb |
| Mo Ark Water Co | 1,478 | 1.52 ppb |
| Reeds Spring Pws | 1,287 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mo American Ozark Mtn Water Company 2 | 583 | 7 ppb |
| Twin Island Estates | 525 | 4.58 ppb |
| Ocwc Lantern Bay | 502 | 3.54 ppb |
| Galena Pws | 500 | 1.01 ppb |
Next steps for Kimberling City, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kimberling City, 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 Hilltop Water Corp 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.