Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.92 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.
About Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd
Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd serves about 100 people through 43 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jasper County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1210049; phone on file: 409-698-2100. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd is 0.92 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.92 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd 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. Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd's 0.92 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Texas and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Jasper County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Jasper | 9,884 | 0.83 ppb |
| Rayburn Country Mud | 4,062 | 0 (not detected) |
| Upper Jasper County Water Authority 1 | 3,048 | 4.91 ppb |
| Jasper County Wcid 1 | 3,035 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Kirbyville | 2,578 | 0.66 ppb |
| South Jasper Wsc | 2,165 | 0.66 ppb |
| Rural Wsc | 1,141 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Kirbyville Rural Wsc | 1,037 | 3.34 ppb |
| Upper Jasper County Water Authority 2 | 975 | 2.67 ppb |
| Holly Huff Wsc | 583 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jasper, 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 Mulberry Water Supply Brookeland Fwsd 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.