Madera Valley Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.03 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.
About Madera Valley Wsc
Madera Valley Wsc serves about 2,001 people through 769 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Reeves County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1950006; phone on file: 432-375-2556. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Madera Valley Wsc is 1.1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2022 | 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. Madera Valley Wsc's 1.03 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Texas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Reeves County
3 other systems share Reeves County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Madera Valley Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Pecos City | 12,916 | 0.75 ppb |
| City Of Balmorhea | 406 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Toyah | 89 | 0.51 ppb |
Next steps for Verhalen, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Verhalen, 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 Madera Valley Wsc 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.