Galveston County Fwsd 6 Tiki Island, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.49 ppb (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. 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.
Galveston County Fwsd 6 Tiki Island at a glance
Galveston County Fwsd 6 Tiki Island serves about 2,568 people through 1,027 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 surface water, in Galveston County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0840036; phone on file: 409-935-1486. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Galveston County Fwsd 6 Tiki Island is 0.49 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.49 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Galveston County Fwsd 6 Tiki Island's 0.49 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Texas and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
25 other systems share Galveston County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Galveston County Fwsd 6 Tiki Island. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of League City | 149,557 | 3 ppb |
| City Of Texas City | 61,541 | 0.6 ppb |
| City Of Galveston | 52,326 | 3.13 ppb |
| City Of Friendswood | 43,190 | 4.61 ppb |
| Galveston County Wcid 1 | 30,399 | 1.23 ppb |
| Bolivar Peninsula Sud | 18,424 | 3.51 ppb |
| City Of La Marque | 15,154 | 0.58 ppb |
| San Leon Mud | 11,622 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bacliff Mud | 8,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Galveston County Wcid 12 | 8,721 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Tiki Island, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tiki Island, 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 Galveston County Fwsd 6 Tiki Island 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.