City Of Ralls, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.47 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 Ralls serves about 1,639 people through 783 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 Crosby County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0540003; phone on file: 806-253-2558. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1.57 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Ralls is 17 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.47 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.57 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2023 | 7.12 ppb |
| 2022 | 17 ppb over 15 |
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 Ralls's 2.47 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Texas and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Crosby County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Ralls. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Crosbyton | 1,741 | 3.8 ppb |
| City Of Lorenzo | 834 | 0.8 ppb |
| White River Mwd | 560 | 2.08 ppb |
| Cone Wsc | 70 | 2.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ralls, 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 Ralls 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.