Kaufman County Mud 9, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.82 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Kaufman County Mud 9 at a glance
Kaufman County Mud 9 serves about 1,473 people through 491 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 Kaufman County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1290058; phone on file: 972-982-8461. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kaufman County Mud 9's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0.82 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kaufman County Mud 9 is 0.82 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.82 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. Kaufman County Mud 9's 0.82 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Texas and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
33 other systems share Kaufman County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kaufman County Mud 9. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Forney | 29,692 | 0.96 ppb |
| High Point Sud | 26,052 | 0.85 ppb |
| Forney Lake Wsc | 20,377 | 2.78 ppb |
| City Of Terrell | 18,432 | 2.04 ppb |
| Talty Sud | 15,987 | 0.85 ppb |
| City Of Mabank | 15,207 | 0 (not detected) |
| College Mound Sud | 11,802 | 2.06 ppb |
| Gastonia Scurry Sud | 11,169 | 2.59 ppb |
| Kaufman County Fwsd 4a | 7,317 | 0.63 ppb |
| City Of Kaufman | 7,125 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Dallas, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dallas, 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 Kaufman County Mud 9 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.