Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North, 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.
Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North at a glance
Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North serves about 1,768 people through 707 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 Howell County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO4024267; phone on file: 417-256-5139. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North is 1.87 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.08 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.08 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.87 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.87 ppb |
How Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North 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. Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Missouri and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Howell County
8 other systems share Howell County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Plains Pws | 12,864 | 1.28 ppb |
| Mountain View Pws | 2,791 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow Springs Pws | 2,250 | 1.37 ppb |
| Howell County Pwsd 3 | 1,500 | 1.64 ppb |
| Howell Oregon 2 West | 1,210 | 1.37 ppb |
| Howell County Pwsd 1 | 850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 South | 182 | 0.64 ppb |
| Henrys Mhp | 100 | 1.23 ppb |
Next steps for West Plains, MO
Look up your address in Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North'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 Howell Oregon County Pwsd 2 North 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.