Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System
Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System serves about 4,482 people through 1,494 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 Calhoun County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0290007; phone on file: 713-574-5953. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2019 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System is 1.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.6 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. Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System's 1.8 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Texas and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Calhoun County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Port Lavaca | 12,000 | 2.31 ppb |
| City Of Seadrift | 1,577 | 2.28 ppb |
| Port Oconnor Improvement District | 1,139 | 3.79 ppb |
| City Of Point Comfort | 759 | 3.01 ppb |
| Sunilandings Utilities | 342 | 4.26 ppb |
| Port Alto Hoa District 1 | 213 | 4.9 ppb |
| Shoalwater Flats Association | 171 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Campo Beach Property Owner Assn | 150 | 1.11 ppb |
| Port Alto Wsc | 96 | 3.5 ppb |
| Seaport Lakes Subdivision | 36 | - |
Next steps for Cypress, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cypress, 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 Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System 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.