Edom Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.03 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Edom Wsc serves about 1,512 people through 504 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 Van Zandt County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2340009; phone on file: 903-852-5055. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Edom Wsc's lead record
That is up 1.03 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Edom Wsc is 1.03 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2023 | 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. Edom Wsc's 1.03 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Texas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Van Zandt County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Edom Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Macbee Sud | 8,229 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Wills Point | 7,281 | 4.69 ppb |
| South Tawakoni Wsc | 5,205 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Canton | 5,028 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fruitvale Wsc | 3,747 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ben Wheeler Wsc | 3,324 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Grand Saline | 3,219 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Van | 2,993 | 0 (not detected) |
| R P M Wsc | 2,880 | 0 (not detected) |
| Myrtle Springs Wsc | 2,289 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Brownsboro, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brownsboro, 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 Edom 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.