City Of La Vernia, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 La Vernia
City Of La Vernia serves about 2,526 people through 842 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 Wilson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2470004; phone on file: 830-779-4541. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of La Vernia is 2.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
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 La Vernia's 2.4 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Texas and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Wilson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of La Vernia. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ss Wsc | 20,826 | 1.26 ppb |
| City Of Floresville | 8,306 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Hills Wsc | 6,225 | 2.2 ppb |
| Sunko Wsc | 5,064 | 1.08 ppb |
| Picosa Wsc | 3,210 | 1.1 ppb |
| City Of Poth | 2,994 | 0.5 ppb |
| Eagle Creek Ranch | 2,409 | 1.3 ppb |
| Three Oaks Wsc | 2,007 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Stockdale | 1,201 | 0.5 ppb |
| Creekwood Estates | 876 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; La Vernia, 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 La Vernia 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.