Appleby Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.86 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.
Appleby Wsc at a glance
Appleby Wsc serves about 5,745 people through 1,915 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Nacogdoches County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1740005; phone on file: 936-569-9782. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (2.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Appleby Wsc is 2.86 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.86 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.29 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. Appleby Wsc's 2.86 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Texas and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Nacogdoches County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Appleby Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Nacogdoches | 50,226 | 1.4 ppb |
| D & M Wsc | 7,280 | 0.98 ppb |
| Melrose Wsc | 3,143 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swift Wsc | 2,547 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lilly Grove Sud | 2,435 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caro Wsc | 2,412 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woden Wsc | 2,237 | 2.22 ppb |
| Etoile Wsc | 2,136 | 1.54 ppb |
| City Of Garrison | 1,260 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Cushing | 1,007 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nacogdoches, 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 Appleby 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.