Ocwc Hidden Ridge Estates, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2011-2019). 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 Ocwc Hidden Ridge Estates
Ocwc Hidden Ridge Estates serves about 343 people through 137 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Taney County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5041129; phone on file: 417-249-1402. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2018 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ocwc Hidden Ridge Estates is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Ocwc Hidden Ridge Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Missouri and the 19th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
51 other systems share Taney County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ocwc Hidden Ridge Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Branson Pws | 12,640 | 2.92 ppb |
| Mo American Tri State | 8,680 | 2 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 3 | 6,000 | 3.87 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 2 | 5,500 | 1.92 ppb |
| Hollister Pws | 4,426 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forsyth Pws | 2,730 | 2.75 ppb |
| Holiday Hills Resort | 2,065 | 3.83 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 1 | 2,000 | 1.17 ppb |
| Merriam Woods Pws | 1,839 | 5 ppb |
| College Of The Ozarks | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Ocwc Hidden Ridge Estates'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 Ocwc Hidden Ridge 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.