City Of Eagle Lake, TX
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.6 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
City Of Eagle Lake at a glance
City Of Eagle Lake serves about 3,837 people through 1,485 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 Colorado County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0450002; phone on file: 979-310-3060. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Eagle Lake's lead record
That is up 9.6 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Eagle Lake is 10.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.6 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 10 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.61 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.2 ppb |
How City Of Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake's 10.6 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Texas and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Colorado County
13 other systems share Colorado County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Eagle Lake. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Columbus | 3,860 | 1.04 ppb |
| City Of Weimar | 2,226 | 3.91 ppb |
| Glidden Fwsd 1 | 855 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Sheridan Estates | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colorado County Wcid 2 | 654 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sheridan Wsc | 414 | 1.7 ppb |
| Rock Island Wsc | 230 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alleyton Water System | 201 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lazy River Mobile Home Park | 159 | 1.9 ppb |
| Happy Oaks | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eagle Lake, 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 Eagle Lake 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.