Silver Bell Mhp, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2014-2022). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Silver Bell Mhp at a glance
Silver Bell Mhp serves about 300 people through 118 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Greene County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5048145; phone on file: 417-889-7131. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Silver Bell Mhp's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Silver Bell Mhp is 1.86 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.86 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Silver Bell Mhp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Missouri and the 18th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Greene County
28 other systems share Greene County; 19 of them have a higher latest lead result than Silver Bell Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Utilities Of Springfield | 210,898 | 5.1 ppb |
| Republic Pws | 16,100 | 1.65 ppb |
| Greene County Pwsd 1 | 9,168 | 3.52 ppb |
| Willard Pws | 8,400 | 3.92 ppb |
| Strafford Pws | 2,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ash Grove Pws | 1,512 | 4.4 ppb |
| Greene County Pwsd 5 | 1,500 | 3.68 ppb |
| Walnut Grove Pws | 762 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greene County Pwsd 6 | 485 | 2.35 ppb |
| The Willows Utility Company | 315 | 0.99 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Silver Bell Mhp's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Silver Bell Mhp 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.