City Of Palacios, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Palacios at a glance
City Of Palacios serves about 4,700 people through 2,004 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 Matagorda County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1610004; phone on file: 361-972-3605. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Palacios's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Palacios is 2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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 Palacios's 0.9 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Texas and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
24 other systems share Matagorda County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Palacios. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bay City | 18,061 | 3.6 ppb |
| Caney Creek Mud Of Matagorda County | 2,764 | 2.12 ppb |
| Matagorda Wsc | 1,746 | 2.5 ppb |
| Matagorda County Wcid 6 | 1,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| Markham Mud | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Matagorda County Wcid 5 | 1,128 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tres Palacios Oaks Subdivision | 774 | 1.03 ppb |
| Selkirk Wsc | 678 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wadsworth Wsc | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Matagorda County Wcid 2 | 564 | 4.16 ppb |
Next steps for Palacios, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Palacios, 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 Palacios 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.