Watercolour of a small house at dusk, with the water meter cover in the sidewalk out front.

Is there lead in Joplin's tap water?

4PPBLead in Mo American Joplin's water at the latest test, from 2023 to 2025

Below 15, the level that requires action

Water companies that supply Joplin

5 public water companies list Joplin as a place they supply. The biggest is Mo American Joplin, with about 73,728 people. The highest latest result among Joplin's water companies is 4.4 parts per billion, at Redings Mill. None of the 5 with results was above 15 at its latest test. 1 found too little lead to measure. 4 are small systems serving fewer than 500 people each, such as a mobile home park, a subdivision or a business with its own well.

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