Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.78 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.
Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority at a glance
Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority serves about 17,826 people through 5,942 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Denton County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0610029; phone on file: 940-497-2999. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (2.21 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority is 4.07 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.78 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.21 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.07 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.06 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.9 ppb |
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. Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority's 2.78 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Texas and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
73 other systems share Denton County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Denton | 150,037 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Lewisville | 140,880 | 1.48 ppb |
| Mustang Sud | 127,911 | 1.33 ppb |
| Town Of Flower Mound | 80,000 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of The Colony | 45,367 | 0.62 ppb |
| Town Of Little Elm | 43,348 | 2.17 ppb |
| City Of Corinth | 23,213 | 2.3 ppb |
| City Of Highland Village | 16,500 | 2.62 ppb |
| Trophy Club Mud 1 | 13,649 | 0 (not detected) |
| Denton County Fwsd 7 | 12,837 | 1.24 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lake 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 Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority 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.