Greengate Acres Subdivision, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Greengate Acres Subdivision serves about 318 people through 106 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Harris County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1010132; phone on file: 713-574-5953. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Greengate Acres Subdivision is 1.7 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 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. Greengate Acres Subdivision's 1.7 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Texas and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
690 other systems share Harris County; 164 of them have a higher latest lead result than Greengate Acres Subdivision. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Houston | 2,970,543 | 5 ppb |
| City Of Pasadena | 152,000 | 3.72 ppb |
| Clear Lake City Water Authority | 89,702 | 0.88 ppb |
| City Of Baytown | 86,004 | 2.1 ppb |
| City Of Houston Ud 5 - Kingwood | 80,073 | 0.51 ppb |
| Harris County Mud 165 | 40,503 | 1.3 ppb |
| City Of La Porte | 36,569 | 2.35 ppb |
| City Of Deer Park | 34,495 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest Harris County Mud 5 | 25,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Katy | 25,253 | 2.7 ppb |
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 Greengate Acres Subdivision 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.