North Town Acres, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.66 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
North Town Acres serves about 666 people through 222 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Navarro County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1750037; phone on file: 254-578-1622. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0.47 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Town Acres is 0.66 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.47 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
How North Town Acres 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. North Town Acres's 0.66 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Texas and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Navarro County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Town Acres. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Corsicana Pws | 25,885 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rice Wsc | 10,167 | 1.49 ppb |
| Chatfield Wsc | 6,546 | 0 (not detected) |
| M E N Wsc | 4,040 | 3.6 ppb |
| Navarro Mills Wsc | 3,852 | 0 (not detected) |
| Corbet Wsc | 3,234 | 18.2 ppb |
| B & B Wsc | 3,027 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Kerens | 1,520 | 7.9 ppb |
| Winkler Wsc | 1,344 | 0 (not detected) |
| Angus Wsc | 1,206 | 2.81 ppb |
Next steps for Dawson, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dawson, 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 North Town Acres 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.