City Of Kennard, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.97 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.
About City Of Kennard
City Of Kennard serves about 460 people through 184 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Houston County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1130011; phone on file: 940-655-2248. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Kennard's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Kennard is 0.97 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.97 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
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 Kennard's 0.97 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Texas and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Houston County
8 other systems share Houston County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Kennard. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| The Consolidated Wsc Rural System | 10,481 | 0.75 ppb |
| City Of Crockett | 7,755 | 5.7 ppb |
| The Consolidated Wsc Central System | 3,878 | 1.31 ppb |
| Tdcj Wainwright Unit | 3,148 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Grapeland | 1,798 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lovelady | 990 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ratcliff Wsc | 275 | 1.01 ppb |
| Houston County Wcid 1 | 48 | 1.66 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kennard, 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 Kennard 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.