Ozark Villas At Shell Knob, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.16 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
Ozark Villas At Shell Knob serves about 110 people through 37 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Barry County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5071342; phone on file: 417-342-5614. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ozark Villas At Shell Knob's lead record
That is up 1.16 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ozark Villas At Shell Knob is 3.9 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.16 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.06 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. Ozark Villas At Shell Knob's 1.16 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Missouri and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
29 other systems share Barry County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ozark Villas At Shell Knob. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Monett Pws | 9,789 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cassville Pws | 3,290 | 2.09 ppb |
| Southwest Rural Water District 1 | 2,700 | 1.78 ppb |
| Purdy Pws | 1,100 | 1.21 ppb |
| Seligman Pws | 890 | 0 (not detected) |
| Exeter Pws | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wheaton Pws | 698 | 3.62 ppb |
| Butterfield Pws | 528 | 0.68 ppb |
| Emerald Beach Village Of Pws | 484 | 0.52 ppb |
| Washburn Pws | 448 | 0.52 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shell Knob, 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 Ozark Villas At Shell Knob 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.