Riverbend Retreat Center, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.01 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Riverbend Retreat Center at a glance
Riverbend Retreat Center serves about 827 people through 28 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Somervell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2130002. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Riverbend Retreat Center's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Riverbend Retreat Center is 3.01 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.01 ppb |
How Riverbend Retreat Center 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. Riverbend Retreat Center's 3.01 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Texas and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Somervell County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Riverbend Retreat Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Somervell County Water District | 3,666 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Glen Rose | 2,848 | 0 (not detected) |
| Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System | 249 | 0.51 ppb |
| Happy Hill Farm Academy | 238 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orchards On The Brazos | 111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak River Ranch | 99 | 1.4 ppb |
| Greenfields On Squaw Creek | 78 | 0.81 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Glen Rose, 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 Riverbend Retreat Center 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.