Urich Pws, MO
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Urich Pws at a glance
Urich Pws serves about 505 people through 234 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 surface water, in Henry County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO1010808; phone on file: 660-638-4813. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Urich Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Urich Pws is 1.86 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.86 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.86 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.86 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.88 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.88 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.88 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.52 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. Urich Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 24th percentile in Missouri and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Henry County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Urich Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Henry County Water Company | 11,373 | 3.37 ppb |
| Henry County Pwsd 3 | 2,993 | 0 (not detected) |
| Windsor Pws | 2,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Henry County Pwsd 4 | 1,140 | 1.23 ppb |
| Deepwater Pws | 433 | 1.49 ppb |
| Montrose Pws | 384 | 0 (not detected) |
| Calhoun Pws | 324 | 0 (not detected) |
| Henry County Pwsd 1 | 258 | 2.44 ppb |
| Blairstown Pws | 123 | 0.72 ppb |
| Oakwood Water Assn | 28 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Urich, MO
Look up your address in Urich Pws'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 Urich Pws 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.