La Caleta Estates, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.25 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 La Caleta Estates
La Caleta Estates serves about 152 people through 48 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Val Verde County, Missouri. EPA system ID: TX2330063; phone on file: 512-722-3190. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
La Caleta Estates's lead record
That is up 5.25 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for La Caleta Estates is 5.25 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.25 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3.6 ppb |
How La Caleta Estates 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. La Caleta Estates's 5.25 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Missouri and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Val Verde County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than La Caleta Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Pedro Village | 138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cswr - Seguro Water Supply | - | - |
| Cswr - San Pedro Water Resources | - | - |
Next steps for Des Peres, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Des Peres, 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 La Caleta Estates 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.