Possum Kingdom Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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
Possum Kingdom Wsc serves about 8,583 people through 2,861 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 surface water, in Palo Pinto County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1820076; phone on file: 940-779-3100. 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 7.51 ppb from 7.51 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Possum Kingdom Wsc is 7.51 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 7.51 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.26 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Possum Kingdom Wsc'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.
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Palo Pinto County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Possum Kingdom Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Mineral Wells | 15,564 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Rural Wsc | 3,610 | 7.83 ppb |
| Santo Sud | 3,546 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sturdivant Progress Wsc | 3,111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Palo Pinto Area Wsc | 2,247 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Strawn | 1,311 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Cliffs | 1,115 | 0 (not detected) |
| Palo Pinto Wsc | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sportsmans World Mud | 735 | 1.8 ppb |
| City Of Graford | 692 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Possum Kingdom Wsc'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 Possum Kingdom Wsc 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.