Sun Ray Estates, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Sun Ray Estates serves about 1,460 people through 596 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Marion County, Missouri. EPA system ID: FL3421314; phone on file: 314-736-4672. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Sun Ray Estates's lead record
That is down 2.2 ppb from 2.2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sun Ray Estates is 2.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.9 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. Sun Ray Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Missouri and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Marion County
27 other systems share Marion County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sun Ray Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hannibal Pws | 17,108 | 5.28 ppb |
| Marion County Pwsd 1 | 4,900 | 3.07 ppb |
| Palmyra Pws | 3,595 | 1.13 ppb |
| Tradewinds Village | 1,218 | 0 (not detected) |
| Little Lake Weir Subdivision | 1,138 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ocala Heights S/D | 1,045 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ocklawaha Water Works (2 Wtps) | 965 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sandy Acres | 678 | 1.4 ppb |
| Winding Waters | 608 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hilltop At Lake Weir | 595 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Des Peres, MO
Look up your address in Sun Ray Estates'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 Sun Ray Estates 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.