Texas County Pwsd 1, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Texas County Pwsd 1 serves about 3,335 people through 1,281 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 Texas County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO4024606; phone on file: 417-458-4569. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Texas County Pwsd 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Texas County Pwsd 1 is 1.09 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.09 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.09 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. Texas County Pwsd 1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Missouri and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Texas County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Texas County Pwsd 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Licking Pws | 2,500 | 1.18 ppb |
| Texas County Pwsd 4 | 2,398 | 0 (not detected) |
| Houston Pws | 2,134 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cabool Pws | 2,059 | 3.22 ppb |
| Texas County Pwsd 2 | 1,400 | 1.25 ppb |
| Texas County Pwsd 3 | 800 | 1.08 ppb |
| Summersville Pws | 502 | 0 (not detected) |
| Raymondville Pws | 341 | 2.42 ppb |
| Country Aire Mhp | 55 | 0.54 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Texas County Pwsd 1'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 Texas County Pwsd 1 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.