China Spring Water, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.04 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.
China Spring Water at a glance
China Spring Water serves about 2,070 people through 690 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mclennan County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1550021; phone on file: 512-990-4400. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.04 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for China Spring Water is 1.04 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.04 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How China Spring Water 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. China Spring Water's 1.04 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Texas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
53 other systems share Mclennan County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than China Spring Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Waco | 146,241 | 1.89 ppb |
| City Of Hewitt | 16,978 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Robinson | 11,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bellmead | 10,664 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bruceville Eddy | 10,570 | 2.65 ppb |
| City Of Woodway | 9,383 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lacy Lakeview | 7,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Mcgregor | 6,037 | 2.34 ppb |
| Elm Creek Wsc | 4,520 | 2.21 ppb |
| Cross Country Wsc | 3,939 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 China Spring Water 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.