Matagorda County Wcid 2, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.16 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Matagorda County Wcid 2 serves about 564 people through 204 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 Matagorda County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1610016; phone on file: 979-240-9701. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Matagorda County Wcid 2's lead record
That is down 2.37 ppb from 6.53 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Matagorda County Wcid 2 is 6.53 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.16 ppb |
| 2024 | 6.53 ppb |
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. Matagorda County Wcid 2's 4.16 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Texas and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
24 other systems share Matagorda County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Matagorda County Wcid 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bay City | 18,061 | 3.6 ppb |
| City Of Palacios | 4,700 | 0.9 ppb |
| Caney Creek Mud Of Matagorda County | 2,764 | 2.12 ppb |
| Matagorda Wsc | 1,746 | 2.5 ppb |
| Matagorda County Wcid 6 | 1,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| Markham Mud | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Matagorda County Wcid 5 | 1,128 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tres Palacios Oaks Subdivision | 774 | 1.03 ppb |
| Selkirk Wsc | 678 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wadsworth Wsc | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Sargent, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sargent, 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 Matagorda County Wcid 2 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.