Morton Valley Wsc, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.75 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Morton Valley Wsc at a glance
Morton Valley Wsc serves about 770 people through 264 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 Eastland County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0670018; phone on file: 254-488-1403. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Morton Valley Wsc's lead record
That is up 2.75 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Morton Valley Wsc is 19.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.75 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 3.77 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.86 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 19.6 ppb over 15 |
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. Morton Valley Wsc's 2.75 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Texas and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Eastland County
12 other systems share Eastland County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Morton Valley Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Cisco | 4,076 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Eastland | 3,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westbound Wsc | 3,069 | 3.72 ppb |
| City Of Ranger | 2,289 | 1.02 ppb |
| Staff Wsc Olden Area | 1,929 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Gorman | 1,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Carbon | 999 | 2.99 ppb |
| Olden Wsc | 783 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Rising Star | 765 | 1.7 ppb |
| Staff Wsc Lacasa Area | 348 | 3.05 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eastland, 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 Morton Valley Wsc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1990 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.