Elmo Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Elmo Wsc
Elmo Wsc serves about 2,475 people through 825 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 surface water, in Kaufman County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1290013; phone on file: 972-524-3733. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Elmo Wsc's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elmo Wsc is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Elmo Wsc 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. Elmo Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Texas and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
33 other systems share Kaufman County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elmo Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Forney | 29,692 | 0.96 ppb |
| High Point Sud | 26,052 | 0.85 ppb |
| Forney Lake Wsc | 20,377 | 2.78 ppb |
| City Of Terrell | 18,432 | 2.04 ppb |
| Talty Sud | 15,987 | 0.85 ppb |
| City Of Mabank | 15,207 | 0 (not detected) |
| College Mound Sud | 11,802 | 2.06 ppb |
| Gastonia Scurry Sud | 11,169 | 2.59 ppb |
| Kaufman County Fwsd 4a | 7,317 | 0.63 ppb |
| City Of Kaufman | 7,125 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Elmo Wsc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Elmo Wsc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1373.3 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.