New Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.23 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
New Wsc serves about 1,128 people through 451 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 groundwater, in San Augustine County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2030034. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.23 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Wsc is 4.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.23 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.2 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 Wsc's 1.23 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Texas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share San Augustine County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than New Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of San Augustine | 1,971 | 0 (not detected) |
| San Augustine Rural Wsc | 1,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Denning Wsc | 648 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Broaddus | 406 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkway Water System | 322 | 0.31 ppb |
| Powell Point Water System | 307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Anthony Harbor Subdivision | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glen Oaks Water System | 87 | 1.15 ppb |
| Hickory Hollow Water System | 67 | 2.67 ppb |
| Lakewood Water System | 48 | 1.11 ppb |
Next steps for San Augustine, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; San Augustine, 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 New 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.