Lake Front Buchanan, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.6 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Lake Front Buchanan serves about 69 people through 52 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Llano County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1500033; phone on file: 512-981-5253. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.54 ppb from 2.06 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Front Buchanan is 22 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.06 ppb |
| 2018 | 22 ppb over 15 |
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. Lake Front Buchanan's 4.6 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Texas and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Llano County
15 other systems share Llano County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Lake Front Buchanan. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsland Wsc | 12,975 | 0.91 ppb |
| City Of Horseshoe Bay | 12,729 | 4.11 ppb |
| City Of Llano | 3,352 | 2.32 ppb |
| Lake Buchanan | 2,484 | 1.33 ppb |
| City Of Sunrise Beach Village | 791 | 1.7 ppb |
| Llano County Mud 1 | 747 | 1.11 ppb |
| Pecan Utilities Oak Ridge Subdivision | 588 | 0 (not detected) |
| 3 G Wsc | 550 | 3.89 ppb |
| Kingsland Wsc Comanche Rancherias | 537 | 2.48 ppb |
| Paradise Point Subdivision | 528 | 2.45 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Buchanan Dam, 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 Front Buchanan 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.