Ibwc Falcon Village, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
Ibwc Falcon Village at a glance
Ibwc Falcon Village serves about 48 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Starr County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2140002; phone on file: 915-832-4133. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2026 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ibwc Falcon Village is 18 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 18 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 14.6 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 10.2 ppb over 10 |
How Ibwc Falcon Village 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. Ibwc Falcon Village's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in Texas and the 3rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Starr County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ibwc Falcon Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Roma | 19,464 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Rio Grande City | 18,912 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of La Grulla | 11,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rio Wsc | 6,939 | 0 (not detected) |
| Union Wsc | 5,793 | 0 (not detected) |
| Falcon Rural Wsc | 3,600 | 1.48 ppb |
| El Tanque Wsc | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Sauz Wsc | 2,223 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for El Paso, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; El Paso, 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 Ibwc Falcon Village 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.