Beechwood Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.95 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.
Who runs the water here
Beechwood Wsc serves about 1,138 people through 515 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 Sabine County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2020014; phone on file: 409-579-3926. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.89 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beechwood Wsc is 1.95 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.95 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.89 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. Beechwood Wsc's 1.95 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Texas and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Sabine County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Beechwood Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| G M Wsc | 12,672 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Sabine Wsc | 1,981 | 2.76 ppb |
| City Of Hemphill | 1,779 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookeland Fwsd | 1,105 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Pineland | 1,043 | 1.3 ppb |
| Shawnee Shores | 276 | 0.54 ppb |
| El Camino Bay Water System | 266 | 0 (not detected) |
| Timberlane Estates Property Owners Assoc | 75 | 0.27 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hemphill, 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 Beechwood 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.