Osage County Pwsd 3, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Osage County Pwsd 3
Osage County Pwsd 3 serves about 2,800 people through 506 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 Osage County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO3024439; phone on file: 573-690-7599. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3.2 ppb from 3.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Osage County Pwsd 3 is 4.82 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.82 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.82 ppb |
How Osage County Pwsd 3 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. Osage County Pwsd 3's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Missouri and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Osage County
9 other systems share Osage County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Osage County Pwsd 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Linn Pws | 1,500 | 1.58 ppb |
| Osage Co Pwsd 1 | 1,221 | 3.16 ppb |
| Osage County Pwsd 2 North | 705 | 6.44 ppb |
| Osage County Pwsd 2 South | 468 | 1.3 ppb |
| Freeburg Pws | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chamois Pws | 396 | 6.5 ppb |
| Meta Pws | 210 | 1.3 ppb |
| Frankenstein Pws | 130 | 1.04 ppb |
| Linn Acres Mobile Home Park | 25 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Linn, MO
Look up your address in Osage County Pwsd 3'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 Osage County Pwsd 3 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.