Lubbock Public Water System, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.36 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.
Lubbock Public Water System at a glance
Lubbock Public Water System serves about 266,450 people through 131,752 service connections, which makes it a very large 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: TX1520002; phone on file: 806-775-2010. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lubbock Public Water System is 3.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.36 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.2 ppb |
How Lubbock Public Water System 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. Lubbock Public Water System's 1.36 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Texas and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
25 other systems share Lubbock County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lubbock Public Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Lubbock County Wcid 1 | 465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town North Village Water System | 360 | 3.08 ppb |
| Town North Estates | 216 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lubbock, 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 Lubbock Public Water System 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.