City Of Paris, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.89 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 Paris at a glance
City Of Paris serves about 25,498 people through 18,600 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 surface water, in Lamar County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1390002; phone on file: 903-785-7511. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Paris's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Paris is 1.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.89 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.9 ppb |
How City Of Paris 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 Paris's 1.89 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Texas and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Lamar County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Paris. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lamar County Water Supply District | 25,569 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Reno | 3,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Blossom | 2,007 | 0 (not detected) |
| M J C Wsc | 999 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Deport | 547 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Roxton | 538 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pattonville Wsc | 535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Petty Wsc | 201 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Paris, 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 Paris 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.