City Of Lake Jackson, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
City Of Lake Jackson serves about 27,314 people through 13,031 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 Brazoria County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0200006; phone on file: 979-415-2400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Lake Jackson's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Lake Jackson is 2.9 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 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 Lake Jackson's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Texas and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
155 other systems share Brazoria County; 68 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Lake Jackson. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Pearland | 125,828 | 2.1 ppb |
| City Of Alvin | 26,244 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Angleton | 19,429 | 2.04 ppb |
| City Of Clute | 10,604 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Freeport | 10,594 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Iowa Colony | 9,978 | - |
| City Of Manvel | 8,437 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Richwood | 7,605 | 2.26 ppb |
| Brazoria County Mud 6 | 6,926 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Pearland Mud 1 | 5,947 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Lake Jackson, TX
Look up your address in City Of Lake Jackson's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Lake Jackson whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1360 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.