Oak Forest Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Oak Forest Wsc serves about 339 people through 115 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 Hays County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1050128; phone on file: 512-894-3322. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Oak Forest Wsc's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oak Forest Wsc is 0.6 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 ppb |
How Oak Forest Wsc 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. Oak Forest Wsc's 0.6 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Texas and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
49 other systems share Hays County; 34 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oak Forest 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 Marcos | 72,970 | 1.63 ppb |
| City Of Kyle | 52,000 | 1.91 ppb |
| Texas State University - San Marcos | 43,552 | 1.3 ppb |
| Goforth Sud | 34,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| County Line Sud | 19,609 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Buda | 13,830 | 1.46 ppb |
| Dripping Springs Wsc | 8,037 | 1.89 ppb |
| Plum Creek | 7,065 | 1.24 ppb |
| Wimberley Wsc | 5,334 | 2.08 ppb |
| Hays County Wcid 2 | 3,381 | 2.88 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Buda, 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 Oak Forest 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.