Lubbock County Wcid 1, 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.
Who runs the water here
Lubbock County Wcid 1 serves about 465 people through 359 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 Lubbock County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1520006; phone on file: 806-747-3353. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lubbock County Wcid 1 is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Lubbock County Wcid 1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Texas and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
25 other systems share Lubbock County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lubbock County Wcid 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lubbock Public Water System | 266,450 | 1.36 ppb |
| City Of Wolfforth | 9,600 | 1.32 ppb |
| City Of Slaton | 5,858 | 1.08 ppb |
| City Of Shallowater | 2,964 | 2.29 ppb |
| City Of Idalou | 2,250 | 1.39 ppb |
| Town Of Ransom Canyon | 1,189 | 6.28 ppb |
| City Of New Deal | 729 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Mobile Home Village | 577 | 0.43 ppb |
| Town North Village Water System | 360 | 3.08 ppb |
| Town North Estates | 216 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Lubbock, TX
Look up your address in Lubbock County Wcid 1'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 Lubbock County Wcid 1 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.