Del Rio Utilities Commission, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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.
About Del Rio Utilities Commission
Del Rio Utilities Commission serves about 36,506 people through 20,234 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Val Verde County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2330001; phone on file: 830-774-1268. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.2 ppb from 2.9 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Del Rio Utilities Commission is 2.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Del Rio Utilities Commission's 1.7 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Texas and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Val Verde County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Del Rio Utilities Commission. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Air Force Base | 4,010 | 6 ppb |
| Lake Ridge Water System | 1,300 | 1.32 ppb |
| Holiday Trav L Park | 660 | 0 (not detected) |
| American Camp Ground | 381 | 1.9 ppb |
| Del Grande Mobile Home Park | 288 | 1.2 ppb |
| Val Verde County Wcid Comstock | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| San Pedro Canyon Subdivision - Upper | 150 | 1.68 ppb |
| Devils Shores Wsc | 97 | 0.4 ppb |
| Rough Canyon Condos | 89 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tierra Del Lago | 81 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Del Rio, 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 Del Rio Utilities Commission 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.