City Of Ropesville, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
City Of Ropesville at a glance
City Of Ropesville serves about 430 people through 230 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Hockley County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1100004; phone on file: 806-562-3531. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.42 ppb from 1.42 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Ropesville is 1.42 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.42 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 Ropesville's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Texas and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Hockley County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Ropesville. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Levelland | 12,652 | 4.01 ppb |
| City Of Sundown | 1,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Anton | 907 | 1.07 ppb |
| City Of Smyer | 474 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Opdyke West | 220 | 0.16 ppb |
| Whitharral Wsc | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in City Of Ropesville's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Ropesville 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.