Mansfield South, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Mansfield South at a glance
Mansfield South serves about 246 people through 82 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Johnson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1260066; phone on file: 817-645-5493. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mansfield South's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mansfield South is 0.7 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
How Mansfield South 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. Mansfield South's 0.7 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in Texas and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
56 other systems share Johnson County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mansfield South. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson County Sud | 65,517 | 4.24 ppb |
| City Of Burleson | 53,381 | 3.14 ppb |
| City Of Cleburne | 34,075 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bethesda Wsc | 33,441 | 1.7 ppb |
| City Of Keene | 6,863 | 1.17 ppb |
| City Of Alvarado | 6,614 | 1.7 ppb |
| Bethany Sud | 4,503 | 1.49 ppb |
| City Of Venus | 3,816 | 1.69 ppb |
| Metroplex Homesteads Water Supply | 3,588 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parker Wsc | 3,300 | 2.29 ppb |
Next steps for Keene, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Keene, 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 Mansfield South 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.