Old Town Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.16 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.
About Old Town Wsc
Old Town Wsc serves about 112 people through 34 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 Harrison County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1020067; phone on file: 903-927-1075. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Old Town Wsc is 3.16 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.16 ppb |
How Old Town 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. Old Town Wsc's 3.16 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Texas and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Harrison County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Old Town Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Marshall | 23,091 | 4.39 ppb |
| Gum Springs Wsc 2 | 7,815 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leigh Wsc-Rural | 6,164 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Hallsville | 5,580 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harleton Wsc | 4,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gum Springs Wsc 1 | 3,564 | 2.14 ppb |
| City Of Waskom | 2,923 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gill Wsc | 2,640 | 1.13 ppb |
| West Harrison Wsc | 1,845 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blocker Crossroads Wsc | 1,836 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Scottsville, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Scottsville, 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 Old Town 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.