Phoenix Water Works, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 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 Phoenix Water Works
Phoenix Water Works serves about 1,647 people through 549 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Henderson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1070211; phone on file: 512-990-4400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Phoenix Water Works's lead record
That is up 1.5 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Phoenix Water Works is 3.1 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
How Phoenix Water Works 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. Phoenix Water Works's 3.1 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Texas and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
60 other systems share Henderson County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Phoenix Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Cedar Creek Mud | 24,414 | 2.07 ppb |
| City Of Athens | 17,934 | 3.93 ppb |
| East Cedar Creek Fwsd Brookshire | 14,823 | 0.51 ppb |
| East Cedar Creek Fwsd B A Mckay | 6,753 | 0.84 ppb |
| Virginia Hill Wsc | 4,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carolynn Estates | 3,906 | 3.14 ppb |
| City Of Chandler | 3,663 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Shores Water Supply | 3,402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leagueville Wsc | 3,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Malakoff | 3,039 | 4.09 ppb |
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 Phoenix Water Works 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.