Central Texas College Killeen, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Central Texas College Killeen
Central Texas College Killeen serves about 2,330 people through 67 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 surface water, in Bell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0140174; phone on file: 254-526-1214. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Central Texas College Killeen is 21 ppb across 17 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 9.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 7.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.71 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.81 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.98 ppb |
| 2018 | 8.13 ppb |
| 2017 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 21 ppb over 15 |
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. Central Texas College Killeen's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Texas and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Bell County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Central Texas College Killeen. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Killeen | 161,027 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Temple | 94,935 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Harker Heights | 35,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Army South Fort Cavazos | 35,669 | 2.08 ppb |
| City Of Belton | 23,054 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salado Wsc | 11,460 | 5.26 ppb |
| Bell County Wcid 3 | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| 439 Wsc | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bell Milam Falls Wsc | 6,885 | 2.5 ppb |
| City Of Morgans Point Resort | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Killeen, 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 Central Texas College Killeen whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2000 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.