Deep River Plantation, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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
Deep River Plantation serves about 135 people through 45 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Walker County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2360025; phone on file: 281-590-4359. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deep River Plantation is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 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. Deep River Plantation's 2 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Texas and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Walker County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deep River Plantation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Huntsville | 48,522 | 2.03 ppb |
| Riverside Sud | 6,246 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker County Sud D | 2,184 | 0 (not detected) |
| Phelps Sud | 1,900 | 2.6 ppb |
| Walker County Sud B Crabbs Prairie | 1,815 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker County Sud C | 1,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walker County Sud A | 1,458 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of New Waverly | 1,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Shores | 968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Texas Grand Ranch | 783 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for New Waverly, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Waverly, 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 Deep River Plantation 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.