Eagles Bluff, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.45 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.
Eagles Bluff at a glance
Eagles Bluff serves about 1,485 people through 495 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cherokee County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0370052; phone on file: 512-990-4400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.55 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eagles Bluff is 4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.45 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
How Eagles Bluff 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. Eagles Bluff's 1.45 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Texas and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
26 other systems share Cherokee County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eagles Bluff. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Jacksonville | 14,420 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Cherokee Wsc | 6,951 | 1.22 ppb |
| City Of Rusk | 5,602 | 0 (not detected) |
| Craft Turney Wsc Main | 5,577 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alto Rural Wsc Coldsprings Plant | 2,313 | 1.26 ppb |
| West Jacksonville Wsc | 2,082 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rusk Rural Wsc Crockett St Plant | 1,950 | 1.26 ppb |
| Afton Grove Wsc | 1,677 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gum Creek Wsc | 1,623 | 2.34 ppb |
| Rusk Rural Wsc Loop 343 Plant | 1,506 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Eagles Bluff 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.