Tall Pines Utility, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
About Tall Pines Utility
Tall Pines Utility serves about 213 people through 71 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Harris County, Missouri. EPA system ID: TX1010220; phone on file: 254-355-9124. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tall Pines Utility is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
How Tall Pines Utility 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. Tall Pines Utility's 2 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Missouri and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Harris County
3 other systems share Harris County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tall Pines Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fountainview Subdivision | 2,703 | 0.6 ppb |
| Oak Hill Estates | 402 | 0.26 ppb |
| Amberwood Subdivision | 150 | 0.56 ppb |
Next steps for Saint Louis, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saint Louis, 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 Tall Pines Utility 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.