Fort Bliss Main Post Area, CA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Bliss Main Post Area serves about 28,000 people through 4,277 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in El Paso County, California. EPA system ID: TX0710020; phone on file: 757-353-1909. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Bliss Main Post Area is 0 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Fort Bliss Main Post Area compares
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 Main Post Area's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 57th percentile in California and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share El Paso County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fort Bliss Main Post Area. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Biggs Water System | 15,000 | 4.6 ppb |
| Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield | 2,961 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 Main Post Area'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 Main Post Area 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.