Kingsbridge Mud, TX
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.7 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Kingsbridge Mud serves about 8,663 people through 3,743 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Fort Bend County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0790158; phone on file: 713-237-1221. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kingsbridge Mud's lead record
That is up 11.7 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kingsbridge Mud is 13 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 12.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 6.7 ppb |
How Kingsbridge Mud 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. Kingsbridge Mud's 12.7 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Texas and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
179 other systems share Fort Bend County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Kingsbridge Mud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Sugar Land | 80,381 | 1.51 ppb |
| Fort Bend County Wcid 2 | 49,173 | 2.81 ppb |
| City Of Rosenberg | 43,158 | 1.87 ppb |
| City Of Fulshear | 34,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Richmond | 25,326 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Bend County Mud 30 | 16,794 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Sugar Land New Territory | 15,546 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Bend County Mud 25 | 15,327 | 1.36 ppb |
| Pecan Grove Mud | 14,913 | 1.3 ppb |
| Quail Valley Utility District | 14,409 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Houston, 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 Kingsbridge Mud 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.