Lake Kah Tan Da Estates Inc, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.46 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Lake Kah Tan Da Estates Inc serves about 158 people through 118 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Perry County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO4036202. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lake Kah Tan Da Estates Inc's lead record
That is up 3.46 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Kah Tan Da Estates Inc is 3.46 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.46 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.77 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.77 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.64 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. Lake Kah Tan Da Estates Inc's 3.46 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Missouri and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Perry County
9 other systems share Perry County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Kah Tan Da Estates Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Perryville Pws | 8,555 | 1.92 ppb |
| Perry County Pwsd 1 | 2,065 | 0 (not detected) |
| Port Perry Service | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Perry County Pwsd 2 | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| S K & M Water And Sewer Company | 750 | 6.41 ppb |
| Altenburg Pws | 341 | 3.46 ppb |
| Mill Spring | 250 | 3.51 ppb |
| St Marys Seminary | 60 | 1.71 ppb |
| Farrar Water Assn | 34 | 3.39 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Perryville, 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 Lake Kah Tan Da Estates Inc 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.