Wright County Pwsd 1, MO
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.92 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.
Wright County Pwsd 1 at a glance
Wright County Pwsd 1 serves about 483 people through 198 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Wright County, Missouri. EPA system ID: MO5024650; phone on file: 417-462-9510. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Wright County Pwsd 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.58 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wright County Pwsd 1 is 2.02 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.92 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.58 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.58 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.58 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.02 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.02 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.02 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. Wright County Pwsd 1's 0.92 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Missouri and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Wright County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wright County Pwsd 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Grove Pws | 4,789 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mansfield Pws | 1,193 | 2.55 ppb |
| Norwood Pws | 665 | 6.14 ppb |
| Hartville Pws | 655 | 0 (not detected) |
| Missouri Rv Park | 90 | 1.2 ppb |
| Shady Oak Mhp | 65 | 2.21 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grovespring, 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 Wright County Pwsd 1 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.