Blocker Crossroads Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.5 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 Blocker Crossroads Wsc
Blocker Crossroads Wsc serves about 1,836 people through 612 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 Harrison County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1020077; phone on file: 903-633-2250. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Blocker Crossroads Wsc's lead record
That is up 1.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blocker Crossroads Wsc is 1.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Blocker Crossroads Wsc's 1.5 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Texas and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Harrison County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blocker Crossroads Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Marshall | 23,091 | 4.39 ppb |
| Gum Springs Wsc 2 | 7,815 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leigh Wsc-Rural | 6,164 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Hallsville | 5,580 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harleton Wsc | 4,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gum Springs Wsc 1 | 3,564 | 2.14 ppb |
| City Of Waskom | 2,923 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gill Wsc | 2,640 | 1.13 ppb |
| West Harrison Wsc | 1,845 | 0 (not detected) |
| Talley Wsc | 1,737 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Elysian Fields, 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 Blocker Crossroads 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.