Jackson County Pwsd 17, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.49 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.
About Jackson County Pwsd 17
Jackson County Pwsd 17 serves about 2,530 people through 989 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 Jackson County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1024282; phone on file: 816-229-3838. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Jackson County Pwsd 17's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.18 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson County Pwsd 17 is 2.15 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.49 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.18 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.18 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.18 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.15 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Jackson County Pwsd 17's 1.49 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Missouri and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Jackson County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson County Pwsd 17. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Pws | 120,000 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lees Summit Pws | 99,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Springs Pws | 61,084 | 2.81 ppb |
| Jackson County Pwsd 1 | 24,500 | 3.45 ppb |
| Raytown Water Company | 17,066 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson County Pwsd 2 | 16,440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grain Valley Pws | 16,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson County Pwsd 13 | 9,700 | 1.54 ppb |
| Oak Grove Pws | 9,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson County Pwsd 15 | 8,772 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grain Valley, 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 Jackson County Pwsd 17 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.