Dripping Springs Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.89 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.
Who runs the water here
Dripping Springs Wsc serves about 8,037 people through 2,679 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 Hays County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1050013. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.89 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dripping Springs Wsc is 5.41 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.89 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 5.41 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.69 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. Dripping Springs Wsc's 1.89 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Texas and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hays County
49 other systems share Hays County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dripping Springs Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of San Marcos | 72,970 | 1.63 ppb |
| City Of Kyle | 52,000 | 1.91 ppb |
| Texas State University - San Marcos | 43,552 | 1.3 ppb |
| Goforth Sud | 34,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| County Line Sud | 19,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Buda | 13,830 | 1.46 ppb |
| Plum Creek | 7,065 | 1.24 ppb |
| Wimberley Wsc | 5,334 | 2.08 ppb |
| Hays County Wcid 2 | 3,381 | 2.88 ppb |
| Woodcreek Utility 2 | 3,096 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dripping Springs, 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 Dripping Springs 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.