Hollister Pws, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Hollister Pws at a glance
Hollister Pws serves about 4,426 people through 1,975 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Taney County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5010374; phone on file: 417-334-3262. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.04 ppb from 1.04 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hollister Pws is 2.13 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.04 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.13 ppb |
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. Hollister Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th percentile in Missouri and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
51 other systems share Taney County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hollister Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Branson Pws | 12,640 | 2.92 ppb |
| Mo American Tri State | 8,680 | 2 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 3 | 6,000 | 3.87 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 2 | 5,500 | 1.92 ppb |
| Forsyth Pws | 2,730 | 2.75 ppb |
| Holiday Hills Resort | 2,065 | 3.83 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 1 | 2,000 | 1.17 ppb |
| Merriam Woods Pws | 1,839 | 5 ppb |
| College Of The Ozarks | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mo American Emerald Pointe Subd | 1,275 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hollister, MO
Look up your address in Hollister 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 Hollister 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.