Creek Water Utility, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.77 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Creek Water Utility serves about 300 people through 100 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Marion County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1580020; phone on file: 737-376-2534. 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 up 1.77 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Creek Water Utility is 1.77 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.77 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.19 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. Creek Water Utility's 1.77 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Texas and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Marion County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Creek Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| E M C Water Supply | 2,952 | 2.1 ppb |
| Mims Wsc | 2,736 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Jefferson | 1,883 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Harbor Subdivision | 1,314 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kellyville Berea Wsc | 1,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crestwood Water | 744 | 5.24 ppb |
| Indian Hills Harbor | 342 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holiday Harbor | 249 | 3.83 ppb |
| Northeast Texas Mwd | - | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Creek Water Utility 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.