Webb City Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.58 ppb (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. 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.
Webb City Pws at a glance
Webb City Pws serves about 13,404 people through 5,331 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Jasper County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5010844; phone on file: 417-673-6297. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.3 ppb from 2.28 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Webb City Pws is 3.58 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.58 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.28 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.28 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.51 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.51 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.52 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.52 ppb |
How Webb City Pws 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. Webb City Pws's 3.58 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Missouri and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jasper County
16 other systems share Jasper County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Webb City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mo American Joplin | 73,728 | 4 ppb |
| Carthage Pws | 14,600 | 1.86 ppb |
| Carl Junction Pws | 8,142 | 1.47 ppb |
| Jasper County Pwsd 1 | 5,500 | 2.82 ppb |
| Jasper County Pwsd 2 | 3,383 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oronogo Pws | 2,719 | 1.24 ppb |
| Carterville Pws | 1,982 | 1.64 ppb |
| Jasper County Pwsd 3 | 1,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sarcoxie Pws | 1,539 | 3.35 ppb |
| Duenweg Pws | 1,469 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Webb City, 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 Webb City 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.