Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.81 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.
Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company at a glance
Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company serves about 1,600 people through 650 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Crawford County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO6036052; phone on file: 314-464-3964. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.98 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company is 2.89 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.81 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.98 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.98 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.98 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company 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. Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company's 1.81 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Missouri and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Crawford County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cuba Pws | 3,292 | 1.69 ppb |
| Bourbon Pws | 1,524 | 1.04 ppb |
| Steelville Pws | 1,435 | 2.51 ppb |
| Leasburg Pws | 350 | 1.8 ppb |
| Village Of West Sullivan Pws | 345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crawford County Pwsd 1 | 155 | 2.79 ppb |
| Streamline The Oaks | 98 | 0 (not detected) |
| Steelville Care & Rehab Center | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Route 66 Homes | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St Louis, 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 Indian Hills Utilities Operating Company 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.