Taney County Pwsd 3, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.87 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Taney County Pwsd 3 serves about 6,000 people through 2,721 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Taney County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5024602; phone on file: 417-337-8451. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.7 ppb from 1.17 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Taney County Pwsd 3 is 6.35 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.87 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.17 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.52 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.52 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.42 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.42 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.35 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.35 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. Taney County Pwsd 3's 3.87 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Missouri and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
51 other systems share Taney County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Taney County Pwsd 3. 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 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) |
| Mo American Emerald Pointe Subd | 1,275 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Branson, MO
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Branson, 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 Taney County Pwsd 3 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.