South Greenfield Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.09 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.
About South Greenfield Pws
South Greenfield Pws serves about 100 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dade County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5010749; phone on file: 417-637-0004. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
South Greenfield Pws's lead record
That is up 3.5 ppb from 0.59 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Greenfield Pws is 6 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.09 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2019 | 6 ppb |
| 2019 | 6 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.1 ppb |
How South Greenfield 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. South Greenfield Pws's 4.09 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Missouri and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Dade County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Greenfield Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Pws | 1,400 | 1.82 ppb |
| Lockwood Pws | 890 | 0 (not detected) |
| Everton Pws | 352 | 2.4 ppb |
| Dadeville Pws | 218 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arcola Pws | 45 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for South Greenfield, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; South Greenfield, 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 South Greenfield 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.