Dixie Isle Water System, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.97 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.
Who runs the water here
Dixie Isle Water System serves about 1,083 people through 361 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Henderson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1070041; phone on file: 903-675-4316. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Dixie Isle Water System's lead record
That is up 1.97 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dixie Isle Water System is 1.97 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.97 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Dixie Isle Water System's 1.97 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Texas and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
60 other systems share Henderson County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dixie Isle Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Cedar Creek Mud | 24,414 | 2.07 ppb |
| City Of Athens | 17,934 | 3.93 ppb |
| East Cedar Creek Fwsd Brookshire | 14,823 | 0.51 ppb |
| East Cedar Creek Fwsd B A Mckay | 6,753 | 0.84 ppb |
| Virginia Hill Wsc | 4,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carolynn Estates | 3,906 | 3.14 ppb |
| City Of Chandler | 3,663 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Shores Water Supply | 3,402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leagueville Wsc | 3,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Malakoff | 3,039 | 4.09 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Athens, 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 Dixie Isle Water System 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.