Crestwood Water, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.24 ppb (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. 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.
Crestwood Water at a glance
Crestwood Water serves about 744 people through 248 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Marion County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1580016; phone on file: 512-990-4400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Crestwood Water's lead record
That is down 6.46 ppb from 11.7 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crestwood Water is 11.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.24 ppb |
| 2025 | 11.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 2.4 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. Crestwood Water's 5.24 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Texas and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Marion County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Crestwood Water. 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) |
| Indian Hills Harbor | 342 | 0 (not detected) |
| Creek Water Utility | 300 | 1.77 ppb |
| Holiday Harbor | 249 | 3.83 ppb |
| Northeast Texas Mwd | - | - |
Next steps for Austin, TX
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 Crestwood Water whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1560 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.