El Paso County Tornillo Wid, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.84 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
El Paso County Tornillo Wid at a glance
El Paso County Tornillo Wid serves about 3,600 people through 1,014 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 groundwater, in El Paso County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0710019; phone on file: 915-764-2966. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.84 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for El Paso County Tornillo Wid is 1.84 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.84 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. El Paso County Tornillo Wid's 1.84 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Texas and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share El Paso County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than El Paso County Tornillo Wid. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| El Paso Water Utilities | 747,168 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lower Valley Water District | 59,049 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paseo Del Este Mud 1 | 36,773 | 12.3 ppb |
| Horizon Regional Mud | 31,542 | 0.71 ppb |
| East Montana Water System | 11,480 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Paso County Wcid 4 Fabens | 9,444 | 1.03 ppb |
| Town Of Anthony | 5,555 | 1.14 ppb |
| Village Of Vinton | 2,684 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haciendas Del Norte Water Improvement Di | 1,074 | 0 (not detected) |
| River View Estates | 224 | 1.74 ppb |
Next steps for Tornillo, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tornillo, 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 El Paso County Tornillo Wid 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.