New Forest Estates Water System, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
New Forest Estates Water System serves about 57 people through 19 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hardin County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1000062; phone on file: 936-756-7400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
New Forest Estates Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Forest Estates Water System is 0.9 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.9 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. New Forest Estates Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Texas and the 4th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Hardin County
20 other systems share Hardin County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Forest Estates Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Mud | 31,428 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Silsbee | 10,026 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Hardin Wsc | 7,755 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Hardin Wsc | 4,630 | 0.73 ppb |
| Wildwood Resort City | 1,992 | 0.86 ppb |
| City Of Kountze | 1,981 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Sour Lake | 1,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hardin County Wcid 1 | 1,256 | 0 (not detected) |
| Countrywood Water System | 431 | 0 (not detected) |
| Enchanted Forest | 358 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in New Forest Estates Water System'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 New Forest Estates Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.