City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.87 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii at a glance
City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii serves about 675 people through 225 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 groundwater, in Burnet County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0270022; phone on file: 830-598-2424. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii's lead record
That is up 3.57 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii is 5.87 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.87 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.3 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 Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii's 5.87 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Texas and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Burnet County
31 other systems share Burnet County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Marble Falls | 8,059 | 1.84 ppb |
| City Of Burnet | 7,011 | 1.93 ppb |
| City Of Granite Shoals | 6,795 | 1.43 ppb |
| City Of Bertram | 3,636 | 1.21 ppb |
| City Of Meadowlakes | 2,480 | 3.83 ppb |
| City Of Cottonwood Shores | 2,157 | 1.86 ppb |
| Spicewood Beach | 1,452 | 4.06 ppb |
| City Of Highland Haven Water System | 734 | 2.08 ppb |
| Ridge Harbor | 573 | 2.13 ppb |
| Rio Ancho Subdivision | 570 | 2.41 ppb |
Next steps for Granite Shoals, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Granite Shoals, 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 Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii 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.