Smithville Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.69 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.
Smithville Pws at a glance
Smithville Pws serves about 10,885 people through 4,083 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Clay County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010748; phone on file: 816-532-3897. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.33 ppb from 1.36 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Smithville Pws is 2.97 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.69 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.36 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.36 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.97 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.97 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. Smithville Pws's 2.69 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Missouri and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Clay County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Smithville Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty Pws | 30,800 | 4.61 ppb |
| Gladstone Pws | 27,000 | 4.3 ppb |
| Kearney Pws | 11,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Excelsior Springs Pws | 11,084 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clay County Pwsd 6 | 4,912 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Kansas City Pws | 4,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clay County Pwsd 2 | 3,485 | 1.05 ppb |
| Clay County Pwsd 3 | 3,447 | 1.62 ppb |
| Clay County Pwsd 9 | 2,465 | 2.13 ppb |
| Clay County Pwsd 8 | 2,243 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Smithville, 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 Smithville 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. 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.