City Of Burton, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
City Of Burton at a glance
City Of Burton serves about 315 people through 226 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2390002; phone on file: 979-289-3402. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Burton's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Burton is 25 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 25 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 24 ppb over 15 |
How City Of Burton 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 Burton's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Texas and the 19th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Washington County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Burton. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Brenham | 18,469 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northeast Washington County | 3,219 | 2.17 ppb |
| Central Washington County Wsc | 2,270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chappell Hill Wsc | 645 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Hill Fwsd 1 | 445 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gun & Rod Estates | 219 | 0.76 ppb |
| Starlite Mobile Home Park | 195 | 2.62 ppb |
| Holiday Oaks Subdivision | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Forest Water System | 67 | 6.53 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Burton, 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 Burton 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.