City Of Groves, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.93 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Groves serves about 17,335 people through 6,481 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Jefferson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1230012; phone on file: 409-960-5775. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.17 ppb from 2.1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Groves is 21.5 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.93 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.33 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.39 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 21.5 ppb over 15 |
Against other Texas systems
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 Groves's 0.93 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Texas and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Jefferson County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Groves. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Beaumont Water Utility Dept | 113,567 | 0.83 ppb |
| City Of Port Arthur | 56,039 | 2.35 ppb |
| City Of Nederland | 18,157 | 1.81 ppb |
| City Of Port Neches | 17,043 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Jefferson County Mwd | 9,367 | 0.91 ppb |
| Federal Correctional Complex-Beaumont | 5,748 | 5.72 ppb |
| Jefferson County Wcid 10 | 4,605 | 1.88 ppb |
| Meeker Mwd | 4,071 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bevil Oaks | 1,414 | 3.47 ppb |
| Country Side Estates | 1,311 | 1.45 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Groves, 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 Groves 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.