Paseo Del Este Mud 1, TX
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.3 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Paseo Del Este Mud 1 at a glance
Paseo Del Este Mud 1 serves about 36,773 people through 9,677 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in El Paso County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0710186; phone on file: 512-474-9100. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 9.76 ppb from 2.54 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paseo Del Este Mud 1 is 12.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 12.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 2.54 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
How Paseo Del Este Mud 1 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. Paseo Del Este Mud 1's 12.3 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Texas and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in El Paso County
16 other systems share El Paso County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paseo Del Este Mud 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| El Paso Water Utilities | 747,168 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lower Valley Water District | 59,049 | 0 (not detected) |
| Horizon Regional Mud | 31,542 | 0.71 ppb |
| East Montana Water System | 11,480 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Paso County Wcid 4 Fabens | 9,444 | 1.03 ppb |
| Town Of Anthony | 5,555 | 1.14 ppb |
| El Paso County Tornillo Wid | 3,600 | 1.84 ppb |
| Village Of Vinton | 2,684 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haciendas Del Norte Water Improvement Di | 1,074 | 0 (not detected) |
| River View Estates | 224 | 1.74 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Paseo Del Este Mud 1 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.