Pecos County Wcid 1, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.12 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.
Pecos County Wcid 1 at a glance
Pecos County Wcid 1 serves about 3,612 people through 1,204 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 Pecos County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1860026; phone on file: 432-336-3977. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Pecos County Wcid 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1.73 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pecos County Wcid 1 is 2.05 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.12 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.73 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.05 ppb |
How Pecos County Wcid 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. Pecos County Wcid 1's 1.12 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Texas and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Pecos County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pecos County Wcid 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Fort Stockton | 8,142 | 1.46 ppb |
| City Of Iraan | 1,229 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pecos County Fresh Water | 800 | 1.08 ppb |
| Sheffield Wsc | 350 | 1.33 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Stockton, 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 Pecos County Wcid 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.