Frio Cielo Ranch Association Water Syste, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Frio Cielo Ranch Association Water Syste serves about 227 people through 83 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Uvalde County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2320051. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Frio Cielo Ranch Association Water Syste is 2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
Against other Texas systems
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. Frio Cielo Ranch Association Water Syste's 2 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Texas and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Uvalde County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Frio Cielo Ranch Association Water Syste. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Uvalde | 17,450 | 1.6 ppb |
| Windmill Wsc | 2,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Sabinal | 2,301 | 0.8 ppb |
| Concan Wsc | 1,488 | 1.1 ppb |
| Knippa Wsc | 933 | 1.9 ppb |
| Utopia Wsc | 780 | 6 ppb |
| Highway 117 Wsc | 186 | 1.7 ppb |
| Martinez Ranch Subdivision | 150 | 1.6 ppb |
| Fort Inge Mobile Home Park | 27 | 0.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Concan, TX may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Frio Cielo Ranch Association Water Syste 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.