City Of Byers, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Byers serves about 446 people through 288 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 surface water, in Clay County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0390003; phone on file: 940-529-6149. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Byers'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 Byers is 2.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.9 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 Byers's 0.6 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Texas and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Clay County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Byers. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Henrietta | 3,111 | 2.9 ppb |
| Dean Dale Sud | 2,492 | 1.7 ppb |
| Rra Arrowhead Lake Lots | 1,770 | 0.6 ppb |
| City Of Petrolia | 514 | 2.49 ppb |
| City Of Bellevue | 289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Charlie Wsc | 80 | 0.6 ppb |
| Bluegrove Wsc | 66 | 5.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Byers, 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 Byers 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.