Lower Valley Water District, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Lower Valley Water District serves about 59,049 people through 19,683 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 El Paso County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0710154; phone on file: 915-791-4480. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.32 ppb from 1.32 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lower Valley Water District is 1.4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1.32 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Lower Valley Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 49th percentile in Texas and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share El Paso County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lower Valley Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| El Paso Water Utilities | 747,168 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paseo Del Este Mud 1 | 36,773 | 12.3 ppb |
| Horizon Regional Mud | 31,542 | 0.71 ppb |
| East Montana Water System | 11,480 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Paso County Wcid 4 Fabens | 9,444 | 1.03 ppb |
| Town Of Anthony | 5,555 | 1.14 ppb |
| El Paso County Tornillo Wid | 3,600 | 1.84 ppb |
| Village Of Vinton | 2,684 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haciendas Del Norte Water Improvement Di | 1,074 | 0 (not detected) |
| River View Estates | 224 | 1.74 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Lower Valley Water 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 Lower Valley Water 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.