Savannah Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.55 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Savannah Pws at a glance
Savannah Pws serves about 5,249 people through 2,173 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 Andrew County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010724; phone on file: 816-324-7502. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Savannah Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.24 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Savannah Pws is 3.73 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.55 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.24 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.24 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.23 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.23 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.73 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.73 ppb |
How Savannah 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. Savannah Pws's 1.55 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Missouri and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Andrew County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Savannah Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew County Pwsd 1 | 6,042 | 1.16 ppb |
| Andrew County Pwsd 2 | 3,580 | 0 (not detected) |
| Andrew County Pwsd 3 | 1,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| Andrew County Pwsd 4 | 600 | 1.19 ppb |
| Amazonia Pws | 236 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fillmore Pws | 214 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bolckow Pws | 187 | 10.7 ppb |
| Rosendale Pws | 142 | 2.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Savannah, 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 Savannah 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.