Richmond Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8.33 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.
Richmond Pws at a glance
Richmond Pws serves about 5,797 people through 2,634 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ray County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010685; phone on file: 816-776-5304. 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 3.87 ppb from 12.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Richmond Pws is 12.2 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (3 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.33 ppb |
| 2022 | 12.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 12.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 12.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 9.34 ppb |
| 2018 | 9.34 ppb |
| 2018 | 9.34 ppb |
| 2016 | 8.46 ppb |
How Richmond Pws 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. Richmond Pws's 8.33 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Missouri and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ray County
7 other systems share Ray County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Richmond Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mo American Lawson | 2,546 | 2 ppb |
| Ray County Pwsd 1 | 2,490 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ray County Pwsd 3 | 1,970 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mo American Orrick | 752 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mo American Wood Heights | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hardin Pws | 569 | 1.41 ppb |
| Henrietta Pws | 397 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Richmond, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Richmond, 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 Richmond Pws 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.