Coleman County Sud, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.89 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Coleman County Sud at a glance
Coleman County Sud serves about 5,000 people through 2,898 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 Coleman County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0420034; phone on file: 325-625-2133. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Coleman County Sud's lead record
That is up 2.89 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Coleman County Sud is 16.9 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.89 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 16.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 9.55 ppb |
| 2021 | 8.49 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.58 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.9 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. Coleman County Sud's 2.89 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Texas and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
2 other systems share Coleman County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Coleman County Sud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Coleman | 3,998 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Santa Anna | 1,090 | 1.97 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coleman, 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 Coleman County Sud 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.