Ocean Beach, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Ocean Beach at a glance
Ocean Beach serves about 1,407 people through 533 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Jackson County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MS0300113; phone on file: 314-736-4743. 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 2020 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ocean Beach is 0.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.6 ppb |
How Ocean Beach 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. Ocean Beach's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Missouri and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Jackson County
27 other systems share Jackson County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ocean Beach. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Pws | 120,000 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lees Summit Pws | 99,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Springs Pws | 61,084 | 2.81 ppb |
| Jackson County Pwsd 1 | 24,500 | 3.45 ppb |
| Raytown Water Company | 17,066 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson County Pwsd 2 | 16,440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grain Valley Pws | 16,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson County Pwsd 13 | 9,700 | 1.54 ppb |
| Oak Grove Pws | 9,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson County Pwsd 15 | 8,772 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Ocean Beach'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 Ocean Beach 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.