Prairie View A&M University, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.74 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Prairie View A&M University at a glance
Prairie View A&M University serves about 9,550 people through 4,500 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Waller County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2370002; phone on file: 936-261-2111. 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 1.46 ppb from 2.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Prairie View A&M University is 4.8 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.74 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Prairie View A&M University 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. Prairie View A&M University's 0.74 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Texas and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Waller County
41 other systems share Waller County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Prairie View A&M University. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Prairie View | 8,184 | 1.3 ppb |
| City Of Hempstead | 7,158 | 6.94 ppb |
| City Of Waller | 5,448 | 1.5 ppb |
| Brookshire Mwd | 5,364 | 1.92 ppb |
| G & W Wsc | 4,887 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harris-Waller Counties Mud 5 | 4,098 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow Creek Farms Mud | 3,453 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waller County Mud 37 | 3,258 | 0.7 ppb |
| Oak Hollow Subdivision | 1,980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pattison Wsc | 1,650 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Prairie View, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Prairie View, 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 Prairie View A&M University 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.