Pine Ridge Wsc South, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Pine Ridge Wsc South serves about 1,833 people through 611 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Smith County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2120019; phone on file: 903-963-5101. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Ridge Wsc South is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 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. Pine Ridge Wsc South's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Texas and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
35 other systems share Smith County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Ridge Wsc South. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Tyler | 107,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Utilities | 69,735 | 1.57 ppb |
| Lindale Rural Wsc | 14,781 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Whitehouse | 9,571 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walnut Grove Wsc | 8,775 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lindale | 6,313 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dean Wsc | 5,907 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jackson Wsc | 5,862 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sand Flat Wsc | 4,569 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bullard | 4,500 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Van, TX
Look up your address in Pine Ridge Wsc South's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Pine Ridge Wsc South 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.