City Of Mexia, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.07 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.
City Of Mexia at a glance
City Of Mexia serves about 7,459 people through 4,064 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 groundwater, in Limestone County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1470004; phone on file: 254-562-0828. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.07 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Mexia is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.07 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How City Of Mexia 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 Mexia's 2.07 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Texas and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Limestone County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Mexia. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Groesbeck | 4,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Point Enterprise Wsc | 2,388 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prairie Hill Wsc | 2,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Rock Wsc 2 Forest Glade | 1,968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Slc Wsc | 1,749 | 8 ppb |
| City Of Coolidge | 786 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bistone Municipal Water Supply | 768 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shiloh Wsc | 615 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Rock Wsc 3 West Lake Mexia | 602 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Thornton Water System | 530 | 3.06 ppb |
Next steps for Mexia, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mexia, 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 Mexia 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.