Elgin Mud 1, TX
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Who runs the water here
Elgin Mud 1 serves about 90 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Bastrop County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0110068; phone on file: 512-435-2360. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Bastrop County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Wsc | 86,325 | 1.39 ppb |
| City Of Bastrop | 13,209 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Elgin | 13,188 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bastrop County Wcid 2 | 7,269 | 1.41 ppb |
| City Of Smithville | 4,901 | 0.98 ppb |
| The Colony Mud 1a | 2,262 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bastrop County Wcid 1 | 696 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Colony Mud 1b | 657 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Colony Mud 1e | 468 | 0.24 ppb |
| Bastrop County Mud 1 | 354 | 0.56 ppb |
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 Elgin Mud 1 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.