Aqua Vista Utilities, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 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.
About Aqua Vista Utilities
Aqua Vista Utilities serves about 297 people through 99 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Kerr County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1330062; phone on file: 512-990-4400. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aqua Vista Utilities is 1.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.6 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. Aqua Vista Utilities's 1.6 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Texas and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
66 other systems share Kerr County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aqua Vista Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Kerrville | 30,530 | 3.34 ppb |
| Ingram Water Supply | 5,955 | 1.1 ppb |
| Loma Vista Water System | 3,720 | 1.8 ppb |
| Four Seasons | 1,059 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Hills | 1,005 | 1.9 ppb |
| Kerrville Va Hospital | 1,000 | 2.24 ppb |
| Erlund Subdivision | 821 | 0.7 ppb |
| Guadalupe Heights Utility | 678 | 1.3 ppb |
| Ingram Oaks Retirement Community | 669 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Forest South Water Supply | 648 | 1.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Aqua Vista Utilities 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.