City Of Richland Hills, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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 Richland Hills at a glance
City Of Richland Hills serves about 8,521 people through 3,252 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Tarrant County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2200022; phone on file: 817-616-3800. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Richland Hills is 1.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How City Of Richland Hills 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 Richland Hills's 1 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Texas and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
74 other systems share Tarrant County; 35 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Richland Hills. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Fort Worth | 955,900 | 3 ppb |
| City Of Arlington | 413,955 | 1.17 ppb |
| City Of Mansfield | 89,227 | 4.33 ppb |
| City Of North Richland Hills | 74,859 | 1.9 ppb |
| City Of Euless | 61,601 | 3.3 ppb |
| City Of Grapevine | 52,346 | 1.7 ppb |
| City Of Bedford | 49,941 | 0.8 ppb |
| City Of Haltom City | 47,014 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Keller | 46,308 | 2.16 ppb |
| City Of Hurst | 40,454 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Richland, 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 Richland Hills 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.