Cape Royale Utility District, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.96 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.
Cape Royale Utility District at a glance
Cape Royale Utility District serves about 2,154 people through 786 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 San Jacinto County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2040005; phone on file: 936-653-4861. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.96 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cape Royale Utility District is 1.96 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.96 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
How Cape Royale Utility District 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. Cape Royale Utility District's 1.96 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Texas and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
30 other systems share San Jacinto County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cape Royale Utility District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Sud | 3,993 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Shepherd | 3,411 | 1.24 ppb |
| One Five O Wsc | 3,094 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dodge Oakhurst Wsc 2 | 2,500 | 0.57 ppb |
| Mercy Wsc | 2,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holiday Villages Of Livingston | 2,272 | 3.1 ppb |
| Pb & Sc Water Supply Corporation | 2,163 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waterwood Mud 1 | 1,446 | 4.8 ppb |
| Trails End Subdivision | 1,444 | 2.49 ppb |
| Lake Livingston Northwoods | 1,159 | 4.26 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coldspring, 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 Cape Royale Utility District 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.