Brookshires Camp Joy Water System, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Brookshires Camp Joy Water System
Brookshires Camp Joy Water System serves about 348 people through 114 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Upshur County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2300015; phone on file: 713-574-5953. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Brookshires Camp Joy Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brookshires Camp Joy Water System is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
How Brookshires Camp Joy Water System 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. Brookshires Camp Joy Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Texas and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Upshur County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brookshires Camp Joy Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pritchett Wsc | 10,089 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gilmer | 8,115 | 0 (not detected) |
| Diana Sud | 7,953 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glenwood Wsc | 3,738 | 0 (not detected) |
| Union Grove Wsc | 3,198 | 1.04 ppb |
| City Of East Mountain | 2,331 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Big Sandy | 1,660 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Ore City | 1,509 | 3.84 ppb |
| Rosewood Water System | 639 | 0 (not detected) |
| Friendship Water System | 330 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Brookshires Camp Joy Water System'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 Brookshires Camp Joy Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.