Deadwood Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.89 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Deadwood Wsc at a glance
Deadwood Wsc serves about 1,176 people through 392 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 Panola County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1830025; phone on file: 903-678-9073. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deadwood Wsc is 0.89 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.89 ppb |
| 2022 | 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. Deadwood Wsc's 0.89 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in Texas and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Panola County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deadwood Wsc. 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) |
| 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) |
| South Murvaul Wsc | 981 | 3.58 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beckville, 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 Deadwood 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.