Liberty Water Noel, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.68 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 Liberty Water Noel
Liberty Water Noel serves about 1,832 people through 666 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mcdonald County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5010577. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.68 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Liberty Water Noel is 5.25 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.68 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.62 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.62 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.62 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.25 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. Liberty Water Noel's 2.68 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Missouri and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Mcdonald County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Liberty Water Noel. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mc Donald County Pwsd 1 | 2,481 | 0 (not detected) |
| Anderson Pws | 1,961 | 4.07 ppb |
| Mc Donald County Pwsd 2 | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goodman Pws | 1,250 | 4.56 ppb |
| Southwest City Pws | 976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pineville Pws | 791 | 7.35 ppb |
| Mc Donald County Pwsd 3 | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lanagan Pws | 373 | 3.51 ppb |
| Sky Blue Water Inc | 75 | 6.9 ppb |
Next steps for Bolivar, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bolivar, 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 Liberty Water Noel 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.