Moniteau County Pwsd 2, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Moniteau County Pwsd 2 serves about 1,400 people through 563 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Moniteau County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO3024396; phone on file: 573-645-5600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Moniteau County Pwsd 2's lead record
That is down 1.89 ppb from 3.79 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Moniteau County Pwsd 2 is 8.03 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.79 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 8.03 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.03 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.44 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.44 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. Moniteau County Pwsd 2's 1.9 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Missouri and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Moniteau County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Moniteau County Pwsd 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| California Pws | 4,423 | 2.18 ppb |
| Tipton Pws | 2,861 | 1.4 ppb |
| Jamestown Pws | 369 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clarksburg Pws | 353 | 1.37 ppb |
| Mo American Hickory Hills | 125 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; California, 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 Moniteau County Pwsd 2 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.