International Alert Academy, 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.
About International Alert Academy
International Alert Academy serves about 300 people through 100 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Upshur County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2300009; phone on file: 903-636-2000. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
International Alert Academy's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for International Alert Academy is 500 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0.75 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.81 ppb |
| 2017 | 500 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. International Alert Academy's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Texas and the 19th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Upshur County
12 other systems share Upshur County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than International Alert Academy. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pritchett Wsc | 10,089 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gilmer | 8,115 | 0 (not detected) |
| Diana Sud | 7,953 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glenwood Wsc | 3,738 | 0 (not detected) |
| Union Grove Wsc | 3,198 | 1.04 ppb |
| City Of East Mountain | 2,331 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Big Sandy | 1,660 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Ore City | 1,509 | 3.84 ppb |
| Rosewood Water System | 639 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookshires Camp Joy Water System | 348 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Big Sandy, 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 International Alert Academy whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.