Gastonia Scurry Sud, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.59 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Gastonia Scurry Sud at a glance
Gastonia Scurry Sud serves about 11,169 people through 3,723 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Kaufman County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1290015; phone on file: 972-452-3388. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.48 ppb from 1.11 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gastonia Scurry Sud is 3.42 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.59 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.11 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.42 ppb |
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. Gastonia Scurry Sud's 2.59 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Texas and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Kaufman County
33 other systems share Kaufman County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Gastonia Scurry Sud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Forney | 29,692 | 0.96 ppb |
| High Point Sud | 26,052 | 0.85 ppb |
| Forney Lake Wsc | 20,377 | 2.78 ppb |
| City Of Terrell | 18,432 | 2.04 ppb |
| Talty Sud | 15,987 | 0.85 ppb |
| City Of Mabank | 15,207 | 0 (not detected) |
| College Mound Sud | 11,802 | 2.06 ppb |
| Kaufman County Fwsd 4a | 7,317 | 0.63 ppb |
| City Of Kaufman | 7,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kaufman County Mud 14 | 6,456 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Scurry, 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 Gastonia Scurry Sud 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.