Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.29 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. 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.
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi at a glance
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi serves about 7,048 people through 256 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Nueces County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1780017; phone on file: 361-961-3665. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi's lead record
That is down 2.11 ppb from 3.4 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is 17 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.29 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 17 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 6.4 ppb |
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. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi's 1.29 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Texas and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Nueces County
11 other systems share Nueces County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Corpus Christi | 317,247 | 1.4 ppb |
| Nueces County Wcid 4 | 14,880 | 1.04 ppb |
| Nueces County Wcid 3 | 14,000 | 2.38 ppb |
| Nueces Wsc | 3,165 | 0.56 ppb |
| City Of Bishop | 3,103 | 1.64 ppb |
| River Acres Wsc | 2,700 | 2.34 ppb |
| Violet Wsc | 2,670 | 1.62 ppb |
| Nueces County Wcid 5 | 933 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Agua Dulce | 848 | 0.64 ppb |
| City Of Driscoll | 680 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Corpus Christi, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Corpus Christi, 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 Naval Air Station Corpus Christi 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.