City Of Port Neches, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
City Of Port Neches serves about 17,043 people through 6,763 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: TX1230010; phone on file: 409-719-4204. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Port Neches is 16.7 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.86 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.65 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.04 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.16 ppb |
| 2016 | 16.7 ppb over 15 |
How City Of Port Neches 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 Port Neches'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.
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Jefferson County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Port Neches. 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 Port Arthur | 56,039 | 2.35 ppb |
| City Of Nederland | 18,157 | 1.81 ppb |
| City Of Groves | 17,335 | 0.93 ppb |
| 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Neches, 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 Neches 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.