City Of Bertram, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.21 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.
About City Of Bertram
City Of Bertram serves about 3,636 people through 1,212 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 groundwater, in Burnet County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0270012; phone on file: 512-355-2197. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.45 ppb from 2.66 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Bertram is 2.66 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.66 ppb |
How City Of Bertram 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 Bertram's 1.21 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Texas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Burnet County
31 other systems share Burnet County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Bertram. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Marble Falls | 8,059 | 1.84 ppb |
| City Of Burnet | 7,011 | 1.93 ppb |
| City Of Granite Shoals | 6,795 | 1.43 ppb |
| City Of Meadowlakes | 2,480 | 3.83 ppb |
| City Of Cottonwood Shores | 2,157 | 1.86 ppb |
| Spicewood Beach | 1,452 | 4.06 ppb |
| City Of Highland Haven Water System | 734 | 2.08 ppb |
| City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii | 675 | 5.87 ppb |
| Ridge Harbor | 573 | 2.13 ppb |
| Rio Ancho Subdivision | 570 | 2.41 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bertram, 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 Bertram 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.