City Of Carbon, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.99 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.
City Of Carbon at a glance
City Of Carbon serves about 999 people through 423 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Eastland County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0670015; phone on file: 254-334-1600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Carbon is 2.99 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.99 ppb |
How City Of Carbon 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 Carbon's 2.99 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Texas and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Eastland County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Carbon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Cisco | 4,076 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Eastland | 3,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westbound Wsc | 3,069 | 3.72 ppb |
| City Of Ranger | 2,289 | 1.02 ppb |
| Staff Wsc Olden Area | 1,929 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gorman | 1,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olden Wsc | 783 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morton Valley Wsc | 770 | 2.75 ppb |
| City Of Rising Star | 765 | 1.7 ppb |
| Staff Wsc Lacasa Area | 348 | 3.05 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carbon, 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 Carbon 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.