City Of Rising Star, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Rising Star at a glance
City Of Rising Star serves about 765 people through 349 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 groundwater, in Eastland County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0670005; phone on file: 254-643-4261. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Rising Star's lead record
That is up 1.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Rising Star is 7.06 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 7.06 ppb |
How City Of Rising Star 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 Rising Star's 1.7 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Texas and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Eastland County
12 other systems share Eastland County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Rising Star. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Cisco | 4,076 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Eastland | 3,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westbound Wsc | 3,069 | 3.72 ppb |
| City Of Ranger | 2,289 | 1.02 ppb |
| Staff Wsc Olden Area | 1,929 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gorman | 1,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Carbon | 999 | 2.99 ppb |
| Olden Wsc | 783 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morton Valley Wsc | 770 | 2.75 ppb |
| Staff Wsc Lacasa Area | 348 | 3.05 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rising Star, 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 Rising Star 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.