Sky Blue Water Inc, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.9 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.
Who runs the water here
Sky Blue Water Inc serves about 75 people through 37 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mcdonald County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5031173; phone on file: 417-312-1686. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 6.9 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sky Blue Water Inc is 6.9 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.84 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.84 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Missouri systems
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. Sky Blue Water Inc's 6.9 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Missouri and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Mcdonald County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Sky Blue Water Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mc Donald County Pwsd 1 | 2,481 | 0 (not detected) |
| Anderson Pws | 1,961 | 4.07 ppb |
| Liberty Water Noel | 1,832 | 2.68 ppb |
| Mc Donald County Pwsd 2 | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goodman Pws | 1,250 | 4.56 ppb |
| Southwest City Pws | 976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pineville Pws | 791 | 7.35 ppb |
| Mc Donald County Pwsd 3 | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lanagan Pws | 373 | 3.51 ppb |
Next steps for Pineville, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pineville, 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 Sky Blue Water Inc 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.