Laughlin Air Force Base, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Laughlin Air Force Base at a glance
Laughlin Air Force Base serves about 4,010 people through 497 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Val Verde County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2330006; phone on file: 830-298-5694. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Laughlin Air Force Base's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Laughlin Air Force Base is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 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. Laughlin Air Force Base's 6 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Texas and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Val Verde County
11 other systems share Val Verde County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Laughlin Air Force Base. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Del Rio Utilities Commission | 36,506 | 1.7 ppb |
| Lake Ridge Water System | 1,300 | 1.32 ppb |
| Holiday Trav L Park | 660 | 0 (not detected) |
| American Camp Ground | 381 | 1.9 ppb |
| Del Grande Mobile Home Park | 288 | 1.2 ppb |
| Val Verde County Wcid Comstock | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| San Pedro Canyon Subdivision - Upper | 150 | 1.68 ppb |
| Devils Shores Wsc | 97 | 0.4 ppb |
| Rough Canyon Condos | 89 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tierra Del Lago | 81 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Laughlin Afb, 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 Laughlin Air Force Base 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.