Lakeside Water Supply 5, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2022). 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.
Who runs the water here
Lakeside Water Supply 5 serves about 135 people through 47 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Tyler County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2290042; phone on file: 409-837-2111. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakeside Water Supply 5 is 10 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 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. Lakeside Water Supply 5's 10 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Texas and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Tyler County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lakeside Water Supply 5. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Woodville | 6,069 | 0.69 ppb |
| Tyler County Sud | 5,267 | 0.83 ppb |
| Warren Wsc | 1,834 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ivanhoe Land Of Lakes | 1,738 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Colmesneil | 1,404 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chester Wsc | 1,237 | 1.37 ppb |
| Seneca Wsc | 917 | 0.58 ppb |
| Cypress Creek Wsc | 853 | 3.16 ppb |
| Doucette Water System | 399 | 3.4 ppb |
| White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates | 233 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Colmesneil, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Colmesneil, 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 Lakeside Water Supply 5 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.