City Of Abernathy, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.54 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Abernathy serves about 2,865 people through 1,350 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 Hale County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0950001; phone on file: 806-298-2968. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
City Of Abernathy's lead record
That is down 8.5 ppb from 9.04 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Abernathy is 9.04 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.54 ppb |
| 2023 | 9.04 ppb |
How City Of Abernathy 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. City Of Abernathy's 0.54 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Texas and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hale County
11 other systems share Hale County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Abernathy. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Plainview Municipal Water System | 21,104 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Hale Center | 1,705 | 0 (not detected) |
| Seth Ward Wsc | 1,700 | 1.63 ppb |
| City Of Petersburg | 1,205 | 4.61 ppb |
| Cotton Center Wsc | 250 | 8.98 ppb |
| Halfway Wsc | 110 | 1.49 ppb |
| South Haven | 108 | 1.11 ppb |
| Grand Castle Estates | 80 | 0 (not detected) |
| Loma Alta Wsc | 72 | 0.6 ppb |
| City Of Edmonson | 67 | 0.69 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Abernathy, 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 City Of Abernathy 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.