Bethany Sud, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.49 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Bethany Sud
Bethany Sud serves about 4,503 people through 1,501 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 surface water, in Johnson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1260016; phone on file: 817-790-2516. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.49 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bethany Sud is 1.49 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.49 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.4 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. Bethany Sud's 1.49 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Texas and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
56 other systems share Johnson County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bethany Sud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson County Sud | 65,517 | 4.24 ppb |
| City Of Burleson | 53,381 | 3.14 ppb |
| City Of Cleburne | 34,075 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bethesda Wsc | 33,441 | 1.7 ppb |
| City Of Keene | 6,863 | 1.17 ppb |
| City Of Alvarado | 6,614 | 1.7 ppb |
| City Of Venus | 3,816 | 1.69 ppb |
| Metroplex Homesteads Water Supply | 3,588 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parker Wsc | 3,300 | 2.29 ppb |
| Crowley 1 Acre Sky Corp Water | 2,061 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alvarado, 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 Bethany Sud 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.