Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, CA
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.
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield at a glance
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield serves about 2,961 people through 965 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in El Paso County, California. EPA system ID: TX0710078; phone on file: 757-353-1909. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield'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 Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield is 0 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other California systems
Of the 2,884 California systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 30 are over 15 ppb right now and 215 have gone over at some point. Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 47th percentile in California and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in El Paso County
4 other systems share El Paso County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Bliss Main Post Area | 28,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Biggs Water System | 15,000 | 4.6 ppb |
| Quail Hill Mobile Home Park | 878 | 0 (not detected) |
| Security Mhp | 150 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield'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 Bliss Biggs Army Airfield 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.