Ej Water, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.02 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.
About Ej Water
Ej Water serves about 312 people through 104 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Gregg County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0920023; phone on file: 503-442-8960. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 4.56 ppb from 5.58 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ej Water is 5.58 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.02 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.58 ppb |
| 2022 | 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. Ej Water's 1.02 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Texas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Gregg County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ej Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Longview | 83,236 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Kilgore | 15,543 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tryon Road Sud | 10,791 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elderville Wsc | 9,021 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty City Wsc | 6,540 | 3.08 ppb |
| City Of White Oak | 6,469 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gladewater | 6,441 | 2.52 ppb |
| West Gregg Sud | 5,127 | 1.9 ppb |
| Liberty Danville Fwsd 2 | 1,131 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Clarksville City | 972 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Prosper, 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 Ej Water 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.