City Of Buda, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.46 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 Buda
City Of Buda serves about 13,830 people through 6,197 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Hays County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1050012; phone on file: 512-312-0084. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Buda is 2.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.46 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.9 ppb |
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. City Of Buda's 1.46 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Texas and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
49 other systems share Hays County; 18 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Buda. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of San Marcos | 72,970 | 1.63 ppb |
| City Of Kyle | 52,000 | 1.91 ppb |
| Texas State University - San Marcos | 43,552 | 1.3 ppb |
| Goforth Sud | 34,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| County Line Sud | 19,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dripping Springs Wsc | 8,037 | 1.89 ppb |
| Plum Creek | 7,065 | 1.24 ppb |
| Wimberley Wsc | 5,334 | 2.08 ppb |
| Hays County Wcid 2 | 3,381 | 2.88 ppb |
| Woodcreek Utility 2 | 3,096 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Buda, 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 Buda 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.