Harris County Wcid Fondren Road, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Harris County Wcid Fondren Road at a glance
Harris County Wcid Fondren Road serves about 3,144 people through 1,048 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 surface water, in Harris County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1010249; phone on file: 281-499-5539. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3.1 ppb from 3.1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harris County Wcid Fondren Road is 19 ppb across 15 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 16.7 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 14.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.2 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. Harris County Wcid Fondren Road's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 39th percentile in Texas and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Harris County
690 other systems share Harris County; 373 of them have a higher latest lead result than Harris County Wcid Fondren Road. 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Houston, 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 Harris County Wcid Fondren Road 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.