Stonecroft Conference Center, MO
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.53 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Stonecroft Conference Center serves about 60 people through 27 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Taney County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5271012. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Stonecroft Conference Center's lead record
That is up 3.53 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Stonecroft Conference Center is 22.9 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.53 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0.56 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.74 ppb |
| 2019 | 22.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 11.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 14.8 ppb over 10 |
How Stonecroft Conference Center 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. Stonecroft Conference Center's 3.53 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Missouri and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
51 other systems share Taney County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Stonecroft Conference Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Branson Pws | 12,640 | 2.92 ppb |
| Mo American Tri State | 8,680 | 2 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 3 | 6,000 | 3.87 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 2 | 5,500 | 1.92 ppb |
| Hollister Pws | 4,426 | 0 (not detected) |
| Forsyth Pws | 2,730 | 2.75 ppb |
| Holiday Hills Resort | 2,065 | 3.83 ppb |
| Taney County Pwsd 1 | 2,000 | 1.17 ppb |
| Merriam Woods Pws | 1,839 | 5 ppb |
| College Of The Ozarks | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Ridgedale, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ridgedale, 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 Stonecroft Conference Center 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.