Settlers Meadows Water System, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.52 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
Settlers Meadows Water System serves about 138 people through 46 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Austin County, Missouri. EPA system ID: TX0080055; phone on file: 254-355-9124. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Settlers Meadows Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Settlers Meadows Water System is 0.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.52 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Settlers Meadows Water System 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. Settlers Meadows Water System's 0.52 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Missouri and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Austin County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Settlers Meadows Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Meadowview Estates | 162 | 0.86 ppb |
| Meadowview Estates Ii | 144 | 0 (not detected) |
| Settlers Crossing Water System 2 | 135 | 0.47 ppb |
| Settlers Estates Sec Ii | 132 | 1.43 ppb |
| Settlers Crossing Water System | 123 | 0.33 ppb |
| Lakeside Estates Water System | 78 | 6.4 ppb |
| Hillside Estates Water System | 72 | 0.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saint Louis, 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 Settlers Meadows Water System 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.