City Of Anton, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.07 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
City Of Anton at a glance
City Of Anton serves about 907 people through 468 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 Hockley County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1100001; phone on file: 806-997-2801. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Anton's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Anton is 1.1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.07 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
Against other Texas systems
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 Anton's 1.07 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Texas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hockley County
6 other systems share Hockley County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Anton. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Levelland | 12,652 | 4.01 ppb |
| City Of Sundown | 1,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Smyer | 474 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Ropesville | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Opdyke West | 220 | 0.16 ppb |
| Whitharral Wsc | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Anton, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Anton, 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 Anton 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.