Goodfellow Air Force Base, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.78 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Goodfellow Air Force Base serves about 5,241 people through 528 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Tom Green County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2260027; phone on file: 325-654-3127. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.98 ppb from 2.8 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Goodfellow Air Force Base is 25 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.78 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.63 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.07 ppb |
| 2021 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 25 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.36 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.85 ppb |
| 2017 | 23.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 13 ppb over 10 |
How Goodfellow Air Force Base 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. Goodfellow Air Force Base's 4.78 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Texas and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Tom Green County
16 other systems share Tom Green County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Goodfellow Air Force Base. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of San Angelo | 105,229 | 3.95 ppb |
| Concho Rural Water Grape Creek | 5,049 | 0 (not detected) |
| Concho Rural Water N Concho Lake Estates | 1,470 | 0 (not detected) |
| Concho Rural Water Pecan Creek | 1,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tom Green County Fwsd 3 | 1,002 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Creek Mud | 945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hhsc San Angelo State Supported Living C | 900 | 3.44 ppb |
| Concho Rural Water The Oaks | 825 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tom Green County Fwsd 1 Carlsbad | 690 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tom Green County Fwsd 2 Christoval | 482 | 2.65 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Goodfellow Afb, 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 Goodfellow Air Force Base 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. More in what a past exceedance means today.