Duval County Crd Benavides, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.12 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.
About Duval County Crd Benavides
Duval County Crd Benavides serves about 2,285 people through 635 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 Duval County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0660001; phone on file: 361-256-3605. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.12 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Duval County Crd Benavides is 2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.12 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.12 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
How Duval County Crd Benavides compares
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. Duval County Crd Benavides's 1.12 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Texas and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Duval County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Duval County Crd Benavides. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Mud 1 | 6,291 | 0 (not detected) |
| Freer Wcid | 2,923 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of San Diego Glossbrenner Unit | 545 | 1.21 ppb |
| Duval County Crd Realitos | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Duval County Crd Concepcion | 160 | 0.68 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Benavides, 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 Duval County Crd Benavides 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.