Files Valley Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Files Valley Wsc serves about 4,776 people through 1,594 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 surface water, in Hill County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1090035; phone on file: 254-687-2331. 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 down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Files Valley Wsc is 1.2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
How Files Valley 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. Files Valley Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Texas and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
37 other systems share Hill County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Files Valley Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Hillsboro | 8,867 | 5 ppb |
| Hill County Wsc | 4,383 | 1.12 ppb |
| Cedar Creek Water System | 3,720 | 0 (not detected) |
| Post Oak Sud | 3,117 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodrow Osceola Wsc Blanton Well Plant 1 | 2,526 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Bluff | 2,319 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Whitney | 2,237 | 0 (not detected) |
| Birome Wsc | 2,018 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brandon-Irene Wsc | 2,000 | 2.56 ppb |
| City Of Hubbard | 1,917 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Itasca, TX
Look up your address in Files Valley 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 Files Valley 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. 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.