Lamar County Water Supply District, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Lamar County Water Supply District
Lamar County Water Supply District serves about 25,569 people through 10,812 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 Lamar County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1390015; phone on file: 903-785-5586. 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 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lamar County Water Supply District is 1.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.3 ppb |
How Lamar County Water Supply District 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. Lamar County Water Supply District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Texas and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Lamar County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Lamar County Water Supply District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Paris | 25,498 | 1.89 ppb |
| City Of Reno | 3,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Blossom | 2,007 | 0 (not detected) |
| M J C Wsc | 999 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Deport | 547 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Roxton | 538 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pattonville Wsc | 535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Petty Wsc | 201 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Lamar County Water Supply District's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Lamar County Water Supply District 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.