Lazy Nine Mud 1b, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.09 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Lazy Nine Mud 1b at a glance
Lazy Nine Mud 1b serves about 4,669 people through 1,718 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Travis County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2270417; phone on file: 512-518-2424. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.09 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lazy Nine Mud 1b is 1.97 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.09 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.97 ppb |
How Lazy Nine Mud 1b 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. Lazy Nine Mud 1b's 1.09 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Texas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Travis County
87 other systems share Travis County; 36 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lazy Nine Mud 1b. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Austin Water & Wastewater | 1,115,323 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Pflugerville | 63,464 | 1.1 ppb |
| Travis County Wcid 17 | 45,165 | 2.95 ppb |
| Manville Wsc | 39,648 | 1.41 ppb |
| West Travis County Public Utility Agency | 35,664 | 2.2 ppb |
| Windermere Community | 21,231 | 1.94 ppb |
| City Of Manor | 19,620 | 1.2 ppb |
| Wells Branch Mud 1 | 18,015 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northtown Mud | 11,520 | 0.44 ppb |
| North Austin Mud 1 | 11,133 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Lazy Nine Mud 1b 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.