Vineyard Ridge Water Supply, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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.
About Vineyard Ridge Water Supply
Vineyard Ridge Water Supply serves about 261 people through 87 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gillespie County, Missouri. EPA system ID: TX0860144; phone on file: 254-355-9124. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1.62 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vineyard Ridge Water Supply is 1.62 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.62 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.77 ppb |
How Vineyard Ridge Water Supply compares
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. Vineyard Ridge Water Supply's 0.9 ppb sits at the 47th percentile in Missouri and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
1 other system shares Gillespie County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vineyard Ridge Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chaparral Water System Gillespie | 159 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saint Louis, 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 Vineyard Ridge Water Supply 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.