Crystal Farms Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Crystal Farms Wsc at a glance
Crystal Farms Wsc serves about 1,578 people through 526 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Rusk County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2010012; phone on file: 903-947-2238. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crystal Farms Wsc is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 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. Crystal Farms Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Texas and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Rusk County
32 other systems share Rusk County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Crystal Farms Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Henderson | 14,666 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chalk Hill Sud | 4,830 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cross Roads Sud | 4,062 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goodsprings Wsc | 2,541 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of New London | 2,484 | 0 (not detected) |
| Minden-Brachfield Wsc | 2,346 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Overton | 2,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt Enterprise Wsc | 2,205 | 1.33 ppb |
| South Rusk County Wsc | 1,947 | 0.6 ppb |
| Gaston Wsc | 1,917 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Tatum, TX
Look up your address in Crystal Farms Wsc'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 Crystal Farms Wsc 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.