Rhineland Wsc, 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
Rhineland Wsc serves about 136 people through 115 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Knox County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1380012; phone on file: 940-422-4822. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Rhineland Wsc's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rhineland Wsc is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Rhineland Wsc 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. Rhineland Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Texas and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Knox County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rhineland Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Munday | 1,478 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Knox City | 1,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Knox County Rural Sud | 393 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Benjamin | 235 | 4.32 ppb |
| Rra Truscott Gilliland Water System | 215 | 5.01 ppb |
| City Of Goree Water System | 156 | 3.5 ppb |
| North Central Texas Municipal Water Auth | 132 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Munday, TX
Look up your address in Rhineland 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 Rhineland 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.