Apple Springs Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.82 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Apple Springs Wsc
Apple Springs Wsc serves about 630 people through 210 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 groundwater, in Trinity County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2280004; phone on file: 936-831-2270. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (3.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Apple Springs Wsc is 3.2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.82 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 4,447 Texas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.28 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 202 have gone over at some point. Apple Springs Wsc's 2.82 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Texas and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Trinity County
17 other systems share Trinity County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Apple Springs Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Trinity | 4,619 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pennington Wsc | 2,839 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westwood Shores Mud | 2,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Trinity Rural Wsc 1 | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glendale Wsc | 1,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Groveton | 1,452 | 1.41 ppb |
| Trinity Rural Wsc 3 | 1,428 | 0 (not detected) |
| Centerville Wsc | 1,383 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlake Josserand Wsc | 903 | 1.3 ppb |
| Harbor Point | 856 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Apple Springs, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Apple Springs, TX 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 Apple Springs Wsc 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.