Orangefield Wsc, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.06 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Orangefield Wsc at a glance
Orangefield Wsc serves about 8,231 people through 2,793 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Orange County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1810186; phone on file: 409-735-9422. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.29 ppb from 2.35 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Orangefield Wsc is 61.3 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.06 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.35 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2.35 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.81 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.56 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.49 ppb |
| 2017 | 61.3 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 1.83 ppb |
How Orangefield 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. Orangefield Wsc's 1.06 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Texas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Orange County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Orangefield Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Orange | 19,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orange County Wcid 1 | 15,258 | 1.87 ppb |
| Mauriceville Mud | 10,374 | 0.71 ppb |
| City Of Bridge City | 9,546 | 1.98 ppb |
| Orange County Wcid 2 | 4,074 | 0.92 ppb |
| City Of Pinehurst | 3,131 | 2.04 ppb |
| City Of Rose City | 664 | 1.44 ppb |
| Evergreen Park Hickory Hills Water Syste | 363 | 4.2 ppb |
| Kinard Estates | 254 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bridge City Waterwood Estates | 240 | 5.4 ppb |
Next steps for Orangefield, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Orangefield, 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 Orangefield 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.