Dog Ridge Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.43 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Dog Ridge Wsc at a glance
Dog Ridge Wsc serves about 4,100 people through 2,125 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 Bell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0140044; phone on file: 210-381-0789. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Dog Ridge Wsc's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (3.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dog Ridge Wsc is 3.43 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.43 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.9 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. Dog Ridge Wsc's 3.43 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Texas and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
27 other systems share Bell County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dog Ridge Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Killeen | 161,027 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Temple | 94,935 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Harker Heights | 35,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Army South Fort Cavazos | 35,669 | 2.08 ppb |
| City Of Belton | 23,054 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salado Wsc | 11,460 | 5.26 ppb |
| Bell County Wcid 3 | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| 439 Wsc | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bell Milam Falls Wsc | 6,885 | 2.5 ppb |
| City Of Morgans Point Resort | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Belton, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Belton, 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 Dog Ridge 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. 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.