Gateway Estates Iii, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.36 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.
Gateway Estates Iii at a glance
Gateway Estates Iii serves about 36 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hays County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1050116; phone on file: 512-497-7334. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Gateway Estates Iii's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gateway Estates Iii is 1.36 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.36 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. Gateway Estates Iii's 1.36 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Texas and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
49 other systems share Hays County; 19 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gateway Estates Iii. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of San Marcos | 72,970 | 1.63 ppb |
| City Of Kyle | 52,000 | 1.91 ppb |
| Texas State University - San Marcos | 43,552 | 1.3 ppb |
| Goforth Sud | 34,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| County Line Sud | 19,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Buda | 13,830 | 1.46 ppb |
| Dripping Springs Wsc | 8,037 | 1.89 ppb |
| Plum Creek | 7,065 | 1.24 ppb |
| Wimberley Wsc | 5,334 | 2.08 ppb |
| Hays County Wcid 2 | 3,381 | 2.88 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Gateway Estates Iii 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.