Wentzville Pws, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.77 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.
Who runs the water here
Wentzville Pws serves about 41,784 people through 16,546 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 groundwater, in St. Charles County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO6010849; phone on file: 636-639-2054. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.56 ppb from 1.21 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wentzville Pws is 4.77 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.77 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.63 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.63 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.63 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Wentzville Pws's 4.77 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Missouri and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in St. Charles County
17 other systems share St. Charles County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wentzville Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Charles County Pwsd 2 | 100,587 | 2.28 ppb |
| St Charles Pws | 78,961 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Peters Pws | 52,575 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ofallon Pws | 32,515 | 1.48 ppb |
| St Paul Pws | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Charles Co Pwsd 2 Augusta | 881 | 1.47 ppb |
| St Charles Pwsd 2 Foristell | 550 | 2.32 ppb |
| Mo American Jaxson | 535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ecm Water & Sewer Authority - Flint Hill | 469 | 0 (not detected) |
| Portage Des Sioux Pws | 345 | 2.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wentzville, 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 Wentzville 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.