Austin County Wsc 3, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Austin County Wsc 3 serves about 425 people through 204 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 Austin County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0080045; phone on file: 979-865-3022. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 10 ppb from 10 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Austin County Wsc 3 is 10 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 10 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.1 ppb |
Against other Texas systems
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. Austin County Wsc 3's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Texas and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Austin County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Austin County Wsc 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sealy | 6,839 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bellville | 4,206 | 2.2 ppb |
| West End Wsc | 2,910 | 2.12 ppb |
| City Of Wallis | 1,292 | 0 (not detected) |
| Austin County Wsc 1 | 1,080 | 0 (not detected) |
| Austin County Wsc 4 | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Brazos Country | 579 | 0.8 ppb |
| Austin County Wsc 2 | 576 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Ulm Wsc | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coushatte Campground | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Austin County Wsc 3's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Austin County Wsc 3 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.