Fort Bend County Mud 156, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Fort Bend County Mud 156 serves about 1,719 people through 573 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 groundwater, in Fort Bend County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0790541; phone on file: 713-860-9400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Fort Bend County Mud 156's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Bend County Mud 156 is 0.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.4 ppb |
How Fort Bend County Mud 156 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. Fort Bend County Mud 156's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Texas and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
179 other systems share Fort Bend County; 81 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fort Bend County Mud 156. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sugar Land | 80,381 | 1.51 ppb |
| Fort Bend County Wcid 2 | 49,173 | 2.81 ppb |
| City Of Rosenberg | 43,158 | 1.87 ppb |
| City Of Fulshear | 34,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Richmond | 25,326 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Bend County Mud 30 | 16,794 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Sugar Land New Territory | 15,546 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Bend County Mud 25 | 15,327 | 1.36 ppb |
| Pecan Grove Mud | 14,913 | 1.3 ppb |
| Quail Valley Utility District | 14,409 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Houston, TX
Look up your address in Fort Bend County Mud 156'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 Fort Bend County Mud 156 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.