Highland Lakes, 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.
About Highland Lakes
Highland Lakes serves about 180 people through 60 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Parker County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1840096; phone on file: 817-773-3040. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 67 ppb from 67 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Highland Lakes is 67 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 67 ppb over 15 |
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. Highland Lakes's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 10th percentile in Texas and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
69 other systems share Parker County; 23 of them have a higher latest lead result than Highland Lakes. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Walnut Creek Sud | 40,410 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Weatherford | 37,002 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Willow Park | 7,439 | 2.35 ppb |
| Parker County Sud Surface | 6,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Aledo | 5,521 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Springtown | 3,781 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Reno | 3,526 | 1.62 ppb |
| City Of Hudson Oaks | 3,487 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Lake Estates | 2,982 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Annetta Deer Creek | 2,418 | 1.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Weatherford, 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 Highland Lakes 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.