City Of Sunray, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Sunray serves about 1,709 people through 831 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 Moore County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1710002; phone on file: 806-948-4111. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (2.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Sunray is 5.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.31 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.8 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 Sunray's 2 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Texas and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Moore County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Sunray. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Dumas | 14,935 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Cactus | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moortex Wsc | 275 | 0.56 ppb |
| Sunset Water | 177 | 1.17 ppb |
| Country Club Estates | 45 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sunray, 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 Sunray 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.