Montgomery County Mud 46, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.31 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.
Who runs the water here
Montgomery County Mud 46 serves about 24,399 people through 8,133 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Montgomery County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1700348; phone on file: 281-367-1271. 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 2023 (2.46 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Montgomery County Mud 46 is 9.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.46 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.24 ppb |
| 2019 | 9.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Montgomery County Mud 46 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. Montgomery County Mud 46's 2.31 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Texas and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
332 other systems share Montgomery County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Montgomery County Mud 46. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Conroe | 113,912 | 0 (not detected) |
| Porter Special Utility District | 26,388 | 0.59 ppb |
| Montgomery Trace Water System | 25,917 | 0.41 ppb |
| Montgomery County Mud 47 | 24,171 | 0.7 ppb |
| Montgomery County Mud 67 | 16,821 | 0.83 ppb |
| Montgomery County Mud 60 | 15,036 | 3.16 ppb |
| New Caney Mud | 14,307 | 1.54 ppb |
| City Of Willis | 14,133 | 0.7 ppb |
| Southern Montgomery County Mud | 13,372 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montgomery County Mud 7 | 12,528 | 0.23 ppb |
Next steps for The Woodlands, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; The Woodlands, 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 Montgomery County Mud 46 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.