City Of West Columbia, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 West Columbia at a glance
City Of West Columbia serves about 3,650 people through 1,774 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 Brazoria County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0200010; phone on file: 979-345-3123. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.3 ppb from 1.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of West Columbia is 8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 8 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.6 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 West Columbia's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in Texas and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
155 other systems share Brazoria County; 68 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of West Columbia. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Pearland | 125,828 | 2.1 ppb |
| City Of Lake Jackson | 27,314 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Alvin | 26,244 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Angleton | 19,429 | 2.04 ppb |
| City Of Clute | 10,604 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Freeport | 10,594 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Iowa Colony | 9,978 | - |
| City Of Manvel | 8,437 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Richwood | 7,605 | 2.26 ppb |
| Brazoria County Mud 6 | 6,926 | 0.7 ppb |
Next steps for West Columbia, TX
Look up your address in City Of West Columbia'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 West Columbia 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.