Galveston County Wcid 12, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (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. 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
Galveston County Wcid 12 serves about 8,721 people through 2,907 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized 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: TX0840031; phone on file: 713-864-5466. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Galveston County Wcid 12 is 1.6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.1 ppb |
How Galveston County Wcid 12 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. Galveston County Wcid 12's 1.6 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Texas and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
25 other systems share Galveston County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Galveston County Wcid 12. 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) |
| City Of Hitchcock | 8,346 | 0.78 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Houston, 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 Wcid 12 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.