City Of Palm Valley, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.12 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Palm Valley serves about 1,310 people through 750 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 surface water, in Cameron County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0310027; phone on file: 956-423-8384. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Palm Valley is 1.12 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.12 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 Palm Valley's 1.12 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Texas and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cameron County
20 other systems share Cameron County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Palm Valley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brownsville Public Utilities Board | 201,249 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harlingen Water Works System | 85,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laguna Madre Water District | 46,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Rio Hondo Wsc | 25,509 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of San Benito | 24,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Jardin Wsc | 9,423 | 1.81 ppb |
| Olmito Wsc | 8,952 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of La Feria | 7,226 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Los Fresnos | 6,009 | 2.57 ppb |
| City Of Primera | 5,811 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Palm Valley, 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 Palm Valley 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.