Perryton Municipal Water System, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Perryton Municipal Water System
Perryton Municipal Water System serves about 8,492 people through 3,599 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 Ochiltree County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1790001; phone on file: 806-435-4014. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.52 ppb from 2.52 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Perryton Municipal Water System is 20 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2.52 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.67 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.66 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 20 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Texas systems
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. Perryton Municipal Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 46th percentile in Texas and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Ochiltree County
2 other systems share Ochiltree County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Perryton Municipal Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Farnsworth Wsc | 100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waka Water Supply | 60 | 1.11 ppb |
Next steps for Perryton, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Perryton, 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 Perryton Municipal Water System 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.