City Of Port Arthur, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.35 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.
About City Of Port Arthur
City Of Port Arthur serves about 56,039 people through 24,840 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 Jefferson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1230009; phone on file: 409-983-8105. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Port Arthur's lead record
That is up 2.35 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Port Arthur is 2.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.35 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.4 ppb |
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 Port Arthur's 2.35 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Texas and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Jefferson County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Port Arthur. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Beaumont Water Utility Dept | 113,567 | 0.83 ppb |
| City Of Nederland | 18,157 | 1.81 ppb |
| City Of Groves | 17,335 | 0.93 ppb |
| City Of Port Neches | 17,043 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Jefferson County Mwd | 9,367 | 0.91 ppb |
| Federal Correctional Complex-Beaumont | 5,748 | 5.72 ppb |
| Jefferson County Wcid 10 | 4,605 | 1.88 ppb |
| Meeker Mwd | 4,071 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bevil Oaks | 1,414 | 3.47 ppb |
| Country Side Estates | 1,311 | 1.45 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Arthur, 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 Port Arthur 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.