City Of Hico, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Hico serves about 1,379 people through 801 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 Hamilton County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0970002; phone on file: 254-977-3026. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Hico'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 Hico is 51 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 51 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 51 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
How City Of Hico 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 Hico's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in Texas and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Hamilton County
1 other system shares Hamilton County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Hico. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Hamilton | 2,895 | 2.03 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hico, 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 Hico 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.