Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem serves about 57 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Limestone County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1470032. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem's lead record
That is up 2.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem is 2.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem compares
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. Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem's 2.6 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Texas and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Limestone County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Mexia | 7,459 | 2.07 ppb |
| City Of Groesbeck | 4,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Point Enterprise Wsc | 2,388 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prairie Hill Wsc | 2,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Rock Wsc 2 Forest Glade | 1,968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Slc Wsc | 1,749 | 8 ppb |
| City Of Coolidge | 786 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bistone Municipal Water Supply | 768 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shiloh Wsc | 615 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Rock Wsc 3 West Lake Mexia | 602 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jewett, 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 Big Creek West Subdivision Water Sytem 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.