Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.62 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
Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co serves about 1,450 people through 646 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 Hickory County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5021292; phone on file: 417-282-6907. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.91 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co is 3.84 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.62 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.91 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.91 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.91 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.84 ppb |
How Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co 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. Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co's 2.62 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Missouri and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hickory County
9 other systems share Hickory County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hermitage Pws | 621 | 1.02 ppb |
| Weaubleau Pws | 418 | 4.32 ppb |
| Wheatland Pws | 371 | 2.07 ppb |
| Village Of Preston Water Dept | 225 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cross Timbers Pws | 215 | 1.75 ppb |
| Lake Forest Subdivision | 200 | 0.61 ppb |
| Pomme Mhp Llc | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whiteside Hidden Acres | 92 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riviera South Water Corp | 90 | 5.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wheatland, 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 Pwsd 2 Of Hickory Co 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.