City Of Orange, 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.
City Of Orange at a glance
City Of Orange serves about 19,300 people through 9,865 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 groundwater, in Orange County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1810004; phone on file: 409-883-1081. 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 down 1.33 ppb from 1.33 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Orange is 3.25 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.33 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3.25 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 Orange's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Texas and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Orange County
25 other systems share Orange County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Orange. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orange County Wcid 1 | 15,258 | 1.87 ppb |
| Mauriceville Mud | 10,374 | 0.71 ppb |
| City Of Bridge City | 9,546 | 1.98 ppb |
| Orangefield Wsc | 8,231 | 1.06 ppb |
| Orange County Wcid 2 | 4,074 | 0.92 ppb |
| City Of Pinehurst | 3,131 | 2.04 ppb |
| City Of Rose City | 664 | 1.44 ppb |
| Evergreen Park Hickory Hills Water Syste | 363 | 4.2 ppb |
| Kinard Estates | 254 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bridge City Waterwood Estates | 240 | 5.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in City Of Orange'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 Orange 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.