Mo American Anna Meadows, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Mo American Anna Meadows at a glance
Mo American Anna Meadows serves about 412 people through 159 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lincoln County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO6031475; phone on file: 636-263-7370. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mo American Anna Meadows is 4 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2 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. Mo American Anna Meadows's 3 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Missouri and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lincoln County
30 other systems share Lincoln County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mo American Anna Meadows. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Troy Pws | 15,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Lincoln County Pwsd 1 | 14,000 | 3.51 ppb |
| Moscow Mills Pws | 4,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elsberry Pws | 2,076 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winfield Pws | 1,489 | 1.29 ppb |
| Lincoln County Pwsd 2 | 1,005 | 5.24 ppb |
| Hawk Point Pws | 945 | 3.45 ppb |
| Quail Run Mhp | 897 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Meadows | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Majestic Lakes | 512 | 1.52 ppb |
Next steps for Cottleville, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cottleville, 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 Mo American Anna Meadows 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.