Kendall West Utility, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Kendall West Utility at a glance
Kendall West Utility serves about 5,136 people through 1,712 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Kendall County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1300033; phone on file: 830-312-4600. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kendall West Utility is 1.9 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 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. Kendall West Utility's 1.4 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Texas and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Kendall County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kendall West Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Boerne | 24,769 | 1.4 ppb |
| Kendall County Wcid 1 | 3,579 | 3.1 ppb |
| Gbra Cordillera Ranch | 1,707 | 1.5 ppb |
| Walnut Hills | 579 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kendall Pointe | 342 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cascade Mobile Home Park | 303 | 2 ppb |
| Stonegate Water System | 300 | 1.4 ppb |
| Foothills Mobile Home Ranch | 182 | 1.11 ppb |
| Ten West Ranches | 126 | 0.3 ppb |
| Platten Creek Water System | 120 | 0.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Canyon Lake, 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 Kendall West Utility 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.