River Oaks Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About River Oaks Wsc
River Oaks Wsc serves about 382 people through 126 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 groundwater, in Matagorda County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1610018; phone on file: 979-865-3022. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for River Oaks Wsc is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How River Oaks 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. River Oaks Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Texas and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
24 other systems share Matagorda County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than River Oaks Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bay City | 18,061 | 3.6 ppb |
| City Of Palacios | 4,700 | 0.9 ppb |
| Caney Creek Mud Of Matagorda County | 2,764 | 2.12 ppb |
| Matagorda Wsc | 1,746 | 2.5 ppb |
| Matagorda County Wcid 6 | 1,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| Markham Mud | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Matagorda County Wcid 5 | 1,128 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tres Palacios Oaks Subdivision | 774 | 1.03 ppb |
| Selkirk Wsc | 678 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wadsworth Wsc | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bay City, TX
Look up your address in River Oaks 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 River Oaks 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.