City Of Shepherd, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.24 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.
About City Of Shepherd
City Of Shepherd serves about 3,411 people through 1,245 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 groundwater, in San Jacinto County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2040001; phone on file: 936-628-3305. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
City Of Shepherd's lead record
That is up 1.24 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Shepherd is 1.24 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.24 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
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 Shepherd's 1.24 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Texas and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
30 other systems share San Jacinto County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Shepherd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Sud | 3,993 | 0 (not detected) |
| One Five O Wsc | 3,094 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dodge Oakhurst Wsc 2 | 2,500 | 0.57 ppb |
| Mercy Wsc | 2,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holiday Villages Of Livingston | 2,272 | 3.1 ppb |
| Pb & Sc Water Supply Corporation | 2,163 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cape Royale Utility District | 2,154 | 1.96 ppb |
| Waterwood Mud 1 | 1,446 | 4.8 ppb |
| Trails End Subdivision | 1,444 | 2.49 ppb |
| Lake Livingston Northwoods | 1,159 | 4.26 ppb |
Next steps for Shepherd, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shepherd, 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 Shepherd 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.