Delta County Mud, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.23 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Delta County Mud
Delta County Mud serves about 3,306 people through 1,212 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Delta County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0600018. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Delta County Mud's lead record
That is up 1.23 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Delta County Mud is 3.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.23 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.1 ppb |
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. Delta County Mud's 1.23 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Texas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Delta County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Delta County Mud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Cooper | 2,135 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Delta Wsc | 1,563 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ben Franklin Wsc | 249 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cooper, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cooper, 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 Delta County Mud 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.