Lower Neches Valley Authority, TX
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Lower Neches Valley Authority
Lower Neches Valley Authority serves about 10 people through 6,493 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Chambers County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0360112; phone on file: 409-892-4011. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Other water systems in Chambers County
28 other systems share Chambers County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Mont Belvieu | 12,864 | 2.5 ppb |
| Tbcd Winnie Stowell | 8,397 | 2.61 ppb |
| Gray Utility Service | 8,004 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tbcd West Treatment Plant | 7,695 | 3.77 ppb |
| Chambers County Mud 1 | 2,500 | 1.21 ppb |
| City Of Anahuac | 2,296 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plantation On Cotton Bayou | 1,557 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coles Crossing | 1,521 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barrow Ranch | 774 | 0.81 ppb |
| Tower Terrace | 768 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Beaumont, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beaumont, 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 Lower Neches Valley Authority 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.