Gause Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.49 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.
Gause Wsc at a glance
Gause Wsc serves about 828 people through 276 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 groundwater, in Milam County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1660008; phone on file: 979-279-6260. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gause Wsc is 1.49 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.49 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. Gause Wsc's 1.49 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Texas and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Milam County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gause Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Milam Wsc | 11,739 | 0.73 ppb |
| City Of Cameron | 5,489 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Rockdale | 5,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milano Wsc | 4,308 | 0.49 ppb |
| North Milam Wsc | 1,833 | 15.6 ppb |
| City Of Thorndale | 1,400 | 4.84 ppb |
| Salem Elm Ridge Wsc | 1,371 | 3.86 ppb |
| Marlow Wsc | 705 | 6.08 ppb |
| City Of Buckholts | 365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Minerva Wsc | 250 | 1.2 ppb |
Next steps for Gause, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gause, 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 Gause Wsc 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.