City Of Aransas Pass, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Aransas Pass serves about 8,088 people through 4,734 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in San Patricio County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2050015; phone on file: 361-758-5301. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Aransas Pass's lead record
That is up 2.1 ppb from 0.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Aransas Pass is 2.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
How City Of Aransas Pass 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 Aransas Pass's 2.8 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Texas and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in San Patricio County
13 other systems share San Patricio County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Aransas Pass. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Portland | 22,933 | 1.48 ppb |
| City Of Ingleside | 10,106 | 10.9 ppb |
| City Of Sinton | 5,505 | 3.7 ppb |
| Rincon Wsc | 5,034 | 1.51 ppb |
| City Of Mathis | 5,001 | 1.14 ppb |
| City Of Taft | 4,627 | 2.95 ppb |
| City Of Odem | 2,250 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Gregory | 1,760 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Ingleside On The Bay | 610 | 4.8 ppb |
| Saint Paul Wsc | 608 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Aransas Pass, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Aransas Pass, 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 Aransas Pass 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.