Martindale Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Martindale Wsc
Martindale Wsc serves about 3,045 people through 1,128 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 surface water, in Caldwell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0280013; phone on file: 512-357-6951. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.8 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Martindale Wsc is 2.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Martindale Wsc's 2.8 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Texas and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Caldwell County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Martindale Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Lockhart | 18,800 | 1.56 ppb |
| Maxwell Sud | 16,104 | 1.09 ppb |
| City Of Luling | 7,364 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tri Community Wsc | 1,698 | 2.49 ppb |
| Gbra Luling Plant | - | - |
| Crwa Hays Caldwell Wtp | - | - |
| Alliance Regional Water Authority 1b | - | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Martindale, 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 Martindale 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.