Mcallen Public Utility, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 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.
About Mcallen Public Utility
Mcallen Public Utility serves about 145,050 people through 145,096 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 Hidalgo County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1080006; phone on file: 956-681-1003. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mcallen Public Utility's lead record
That is up 2.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mcallen Public Utility is 2.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.7 ppb |
How Mcallen Public Utility 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. Mcallen Public Utility's 2.3 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Texas and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hidalgo County
23 other systems share Hidalgo County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mcallen Public Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Alamo Wsc | 171,195 | 0.32 ppb |
| City Of Edinburg | 85,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Pharr | 79,715 | 1.09 ppb |
| City Of Mission | 77,058 | 1.83 ppb |
| Sharyland Wsc | 68,562 | 1 ppb |
| Agua Sud | 53,796 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Weslaco | 40,033 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of San Juan | 30,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Alamo | 21,065 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Donna | 18,720 | 1.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mcallen, 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 Mcallen Public Utility 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.