Mo American Platte County, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Mo American Platte County
Mo American Platte County serves about 16,645 people through 7,230 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Platte County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010625; phone on file: 785-850-1655. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mo American Platte County is 3 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Mo American Platte County 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. Mo American Platte County's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 39th percentile in Missouri and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Platte County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mo American Platte County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Platte Co Pwsd 4 | 9,552 | 0 (not detected) |
| Platte County Cons Pwsd 1 | 7,074 | 3.22 ppb |
| Platte City Pws | 4,691 | 0 (not detected) |
| Platte County Pwsd 6 | 2,095 | 1.1 ppb |
| Weatherby Lake Pws | 2,077 | 0 (not detected) |
| Platte Co Pwsd 9 | 1,860 | 1.19 ppb |
| Weston Pws | 1,850 | 1.11 ppb |
| Platte County Pwsd 7 | 1,750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Platte County Pwsd 8 | 1,200 | 1.66 ppb |
| Lake Waukomis Pws | 1,083 | 2.16 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Mo American Platte County's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Mo American Platte County 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.