Country Lakes Water Supply, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Country Lakes Water Supply at a glance
Country Lakes Water Supply serves about 144 people through 48 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Panola County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1830032; phone on file: 903-685-2225. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Country Lakes Water Supply's lead record
That is down 28 ppb from 28 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Country Lakes Water Supply is 28 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 28 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 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. Country Lakes Water Supply's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Texas and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Panola County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Country Lakes Water Supply. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Carthage | 6,770 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hollands Quarter Wsc | 1,605 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deadwood Wsc | 1,176 | 0.89 ppb |
| City Of Beckville | 1,152 | 0.57 ppb |
| Clayton Wsc Plant 2 | 1,137 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deberry Wsc | 1,101 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rehobeth Wsc | 1,095 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rock Hill Wsc | 1,062 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gary Wsc | 1,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Murvaul Wsc | 999 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gary, 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 Country Lakes Water Supply 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.