Quail Creek Mud, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.28 ppb (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. 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 Quail Creek Mud
Quail Creek Mud serves about 1,944 people through 648 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 Victoria County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2350004; phone on file: 361-212-1739. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Quail Creek Mud's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Quail Creek Mud is 1.28 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.28 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. Quail Creek Mud's 1.28 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Texas and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Victoria County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Quail Creek Mud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Victoria | 66,932 | 0 (not detected) |
| Victoria County Wcid 1 | 2,462 | 0 (not detected) |
| Victoria County Wcid 2 | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brentwood Subdivision | 462 | 0.56 ppb |
| Coleto Creek Mobile Home Park | 120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arenosa Creek Estates | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Halepaska Country Lots | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Key Road Subdivision Water System | 54 | - |
| The Estates Of Sandy Hills | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Victoria, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Victoria, 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 Quail Creek Mud 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.