Desert Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Desert Wsc serves about 2,091 people through 697 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 Collin County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0430032; phone on file: 972-442-5405. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Desert Wsc's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Desert Wsc is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Desert Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Texas and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Collin County; 24 of them have a higher latest lead result than Desert Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Plano | 292,059 | 1.68 ppb |
| City Of Frisco | 231,910 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Mckinney | 224,043 | 1.65 ppb |
| City Of Allen | 113,746 | 1.7 ppb |
| City Of Celina | 52,701 | 1.98 ppb |
| City Of Wylie | 48,393 | 1.03 ppb |
| Town Of Prosper | 42,598 | 1.98 ppb |
| City Of Princeton | 37,019 | 1.76 ppb |
| City Of Melissa | 26,234 | 1.43 ppb |
| Culleoka Wsc | 24,615 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Desert 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 Desert 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.