Oenaville & Belfalls Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.77 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.
About Oenaville & Belfalls Wsc
Oenaville & Belfalls Wsc serves about 747 people through 249 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 surface water, in Bell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0140020; phone on file: 254-947-6900. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oenaville & Belfalls Wsc is 1.2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.77 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
How Oenaville & Belfalls 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. Oenaville & Belfalls Wsc's 0.77 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in Texas and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Bell County
27 other systems share Bell County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oenaville & Belfalls Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Killeen | 161,027 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Temple | 94,935 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Harker Heights | 35,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Army South Fort Cavazos | 35,669 | 2.08 ppb |
| City Of Belton | 23,054 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salado Wsc | 11,460 | 5.26 ppb |
| Bell County Wcid 3 | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| 439 Wsc | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bell Milam Falls Wsc | 6,885 | 2.5 ppb |
| City Of Morgans Point Resort | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Temple, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Temple, 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 Oenaville & Belfalls 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.