North University Estates, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.88 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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 North University Estates
North University Estates serves about 600 people through 195 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lubbock County, Missouri. EPA system ID: TX1520159; phone on file: 254-355-9124. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (1.29 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North University Estates is 1.29 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.88 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.29 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. North University Estates's 0.88 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in Missouri and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lubbock County
3 other systems share Lubbock County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than North University Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Water Systems 1 | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cswr Southwest Garden Water | 324 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklin Water Systems 3 | 201 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saint Louis, 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 North University Estates 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.