Texas County Pwsd 3, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.08 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.
Texas County Pwsd 3 at a glance
Texas County Pwsd 3 serves about 800 people through 267 service connections, which makes it a small 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: MO4024608; phone on file: 417-967-2129. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.08 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Texas County Pwsd 3 is 2.16 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.08 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.16 ppb |
Against other Missouri systems
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 3's 1.08 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Missouri and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Texas County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Texas County Pwsd 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Texas County Pwsd 1 | 3,335 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 |
| 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
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Houston, 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 Texas 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.