Real Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Real Wsc at a glance
Real Wsc serves about 471 people through 157 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Real County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1930018; phone on file: 830-232-4030. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Real Wsc is 2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
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. Real Wsc's 2 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Texas and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Real County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Real Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Leakey | 1,758 | 0.6 ppb |
| City Of Camp Wood | 1,380 | 2 ppb |
| Oakmont Saddle Mountain Water System | 309 | 0.7 ppb |
| Twin Forks Estates Wsc | 226 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crown Mountain Wsc | 141 | 4 ppb |
| Frio Canon Water | 60 | 10 ppb |
| The Ridge At Frio River Water System | 33 | 0.9 ppb |
Next steps for Leakey, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Leakey, 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 Real 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. 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.