Nixa Pws Rde, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.64 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.
Who runs the water here
Nixa Pws Rde serves about 2,900 people through 862 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 Christian County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5048130; phone on file: 417-725-2353. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nixa Pws Rde's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.71 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nixa Pws Rde is 3.5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.64 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.71 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.71 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Nixa Pws Rde's 1.64 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in Missouri and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Christian County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nixa Pws Rde. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nixa Pws | 24,532 | 1.12 ppb |
| Ozark Pws | 23,248 | 1.21 ppb |
| Clever Pws | 2,139 | 2.14 ppb |
| Sparta Pws | 1,946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Highlandville Pws | 1,417 | 2.13 ppb |
| Billings Pws | 1,035 | 1.17 ppb |
| Mo American Saddlebrooke Village Of | 440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Christian County Pwsd 1 | 325 | 0.68 ppb |
| Liberty Utilities Midland | 240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nixa Pws Tuscany | 175 | 0.78 ppb |
Next steps for Nixa, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nixa, 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 Nixa Pws Rde 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.