City Of New Waverly, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 New Waverly
City Of New Waverly serves about 1,125 people through 517 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 Walker County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2360003; phone on file: 936-344-6621. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of New Waverly is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How City Of New Waverly 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 New Waverly's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Texas and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Walker County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of New Waverly. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Huntsville | 48,522 | 2.03 ppb |
| Riverside Sud | 6,246 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker County Sud D | 2,184 | 0 (not detected) |
| Phelps Sud | 1,900 | 2.6 ppb |
| Walker County Sud B Crabbs Prairie | 1,815 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker County Sud C | 1,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker County Sud A | 1,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Shores | 968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Texas Grand Ranch | 783 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waverly Acres Water System | 720 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in City Of New Waverly'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 New Waverly 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. 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.