Peninsula Addition, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.17 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 Peninsula Addition
Peninsula Addition serves about 348 people through 116 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hood County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1110115; phone on file: 512-990-4400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.43 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Peninsula Addition is 2.6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.17 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
How Peninsula Addition 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. Peninsula Addition's 1.17 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Texas and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hood County
48 other systems share Hood County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Peninsula Addition. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Acton Mud | 20,458 | 2.25 ppb |
| City Of Granbury | 11,468 | 7.66 ppb |
| Oak Trail Shores | 5,676 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canyon Creek Addition | 3,687 | 2.37 ppb |
| Comanche Cove & Heritage Heights | 2,562 | 0 (not detected) |
| Comanche Harbor & Port Ocall | 1,764 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bentwater On Lake Granbury | 1,584 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Tolar | 1,461 | 1.86 ppb |
| City Of Lipan | 1,344 | 2.27 ppb |
| Sky Harbour Wsc | 1,290 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Austin, TX
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 Peninsula Addition 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.