City Of Marlin, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About City Of Marlin
City Of Marlin serves about 5,516 people through 2,865 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Falls County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0730002; phone on file: 254-883-1450. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 4.9 ppb from 4.9 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Marlin is 8.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.96 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.96 ppb |
How City Of Marlin 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 Marlin's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 43rd percentile in Texas and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Falls County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Marlin. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tri County Sud | 5,353 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Brazos Wsc | 3,183 | 1.73 ppb |
| Cego Durango Wsc | 1,623 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Rosebud | 1,353 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golinda Wsc | 957 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lott | 644 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westphalia Wsc | 303 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sudduth Water System | 230 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mooreville Wsc | 222 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in City Of Marlin'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 Marlin 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.