Oakland Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.59 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. 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.
Oakland Wsc at a glance
Oakland Wsc serves about 234 people through 78 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 Rusk County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2010028; phone on file: 903-530-3238. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Oakland Wsc's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakland Wsc is 0.59 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Oakland Wsc's 0.59 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Texas and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
32 other systems share Rusk County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oakland Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Henderson | 14,666 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chalk Hill Sud | 4,830 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cross Roads Sud | 4,062 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goodsprings Wsc | 2,541 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of New London | 2,484 | 0 (not detected) |
| Minden-Brachfield Wsc | 2,346 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Overton | 2,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt Enterprise Wsc | 2,205 | 1.33 ppb |
| South Rusk County Wsc | 1,947 | 0.6 ppb |
| Gaston Wsc | 1,917 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Henderson, 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 Oakland 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.