Mountain Springs Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Mountain Springs Wsc at a glance
Mountain Springs Wsc serves about 3,756 people through 1,252 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Cooke County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0490027; phone on file: 940-637-2219. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mountain Springs Wsc's lead record
That is down 7.12 ppb from 7.12 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mountain Springs Wsc is 7.12 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 7.12 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Mountain Springs Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in Texas and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Cooke County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mountain Springs Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Gainesville | 18,107 | 2.3 ppb |
| Woodbine Special Utility District | 8,151 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Kiowa Sud | 2,848 | 2.47 ppb |
| City Of Callisburg | 2,277 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Muenster | 1,771 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Valley View | 1,188 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lindsay | 1,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pioneer Valley Water | 1,002 | 0.9 ppb |
| Oak Ridge Water System | 468 | 1.03 ppb |
| Era Wsc | 462 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Valley View, TX
Look up your address in Mountain Springs Wsc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Mountain Springs 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.