City Of Jewett, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.14 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Jewett serves about 737 people through 498 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 Leon County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1450007; phone on file: 903-626-4416. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Jewett is 1.14 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.14 ppb |
How City Of Jewett 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 Jewett's 1.14 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Texas and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Leon County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Jewett. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Concord Robbins Wsc | 10,035 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flo Community Wsc | 5,256 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Buffalo | 1,767 | 0.91 ppb |
| Hilltop Lakes Wsc | 1,257 | 3.27 ppb |
| City Of Centerville | 903 | 0.49 ppb |
| City Of Normangee | 719 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saint Paul Shiloh Timesville Wsc | 507 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Oakwood | 389 | 0.51 ppb |
| City Of Marquez | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Leona | 264 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Jewett, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jewett, 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 Jewett 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.