Grand Castle Estates, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Grand Castle Estates serves about 80 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hale County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0950070; phone on file: 806-692-8286. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Grand Castle Estates's lead record
That is down 31 ppb from 31 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grand Castle Estates is 31 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 31 ppb over 15 |
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. Grand Castle Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Texas and the 7th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Hale County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Grand Castle Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Plainview Municipal Water System | 21,104 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Abernathy | 2,865 | 0.54 ppb |
| City Of Hale Center | 1,705 | 0 (not detected) |
| Seth Ward Wsc | 1,700 | 1.63 ppb |
| City Of Petersburg | 1,205 | 4.61 ppb |
| Cotton Center Wsc | 250 | 8.98 ppb |
| Halfway Wsc | 110 | 1.49 ppb |
| South Haven | 108 | 1.11 ppb |
| Loma Alta Wsc | 72 | 0.6 ppb |
| City Of Edmonson | 67 | 0.69 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Plainview, 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 Grand Castle Estates 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.