Cinco Mud 3, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.15 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 Cinco Mud 3
Cinco Mud 3 serves about 2,517 people through 839 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 Fort Bend County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0790292; phone on file: 713-860-6408. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.15 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cinco Mud 3 is 1.15 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.15 ppb |
| 2023 | 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. Cinco Mud 3's 1.15 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Texas and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
179 other systems share Fort Bend County; 41 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cinco Mud 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sugar Land | 80,381 | 1.51 ppb |
| Fort Bend County Wcid 2 | 49,173 | 2.81 ppb |
| City Of Rosenberg | 43,158 | 1.87 ppb |
| City Of Fulshear | 34,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Richmond | 25,326 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Bend County Mud 30 | 16,794 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Sugar Land New Territory | 15,546 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Bend County Mud 25 | 15,327 | 1.36 ppb |
| Pecan Grove Mud | 14,913 | 1.3 ppb |
| Quail Valley Utility District | 14,409 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Houston, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Houston, 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 Cinco Mud 3 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.