City Of Three Rivers, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.84 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 Three Rivers serves about 4,428 people through 1,297 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 Live Oak County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1490002; phone on file: 361-786-2528. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.66 ppb from 3.5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Three Rivers is 3.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.84 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
Against other Texas systems
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 Three Rivers's 1.84 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Texas and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Live Oak County
5 other systems share Live Oak County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Three Rivers. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of George West | 2,159 | 1.74 ppb |
| Lake Vista Utility | 834 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Marbach School Wsc | 712 | 1.63 ppb |
| Jones River Bend Wsc | 80 | 4.43 ppb |
| Buckeye Knoll | 72 | 1.69 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Three Rivers, 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 Three Rivers 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.