J & R Mhp, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.35 ppb (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. 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.
About J & R Mhp
J & R Mhp serves about 46 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bastrop County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0110023; phone on file: 512-303-1703. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.35 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for J & R Mhp is 1.35 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.35 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.6 ppb |
How J & R Mhp 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. J & R Mhp's 1.35 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Texas and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Bastrop County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than J & R Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Wsc | 86,325 | 1.39 ppb |
| City Of Bastrop | 13,209 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Elgin | 13,188 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bastrop County Wcid 2 | 7,269 | 1.41 ppb |
| City Of Smithville | 4,901 | 0.98 ppb |
| The Colony Mud 1a | 2,262 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bastrop County Wcid 1 | 696 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Colony Mud 1b | 657 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Colony Mud 1e | 468 | 0.24 ppb |
| Bastrop County Mud 1 | 354 | 0.56 ppb |
Next steps for Bastrop, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bastrop, 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 J & R Mhp 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.