Riverbend Water Resources District, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.94 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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 Riverbend Water Resources District
Riverbend Water Resources District serves about 2,235 people through 131 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 surface water, in Bowie County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0190021; phone on file: 903-831-0091. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Riverbend Water Resources District's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (2.38 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Riverbend Water Resources District is 3.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.94 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.38 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3.8 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. Riverbend Water Resources District's 1.94 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Texas and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Bowie County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Riverbend Water Resources District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Texarkana Water Utilities | 37,000 | 1.93 ppb |
| Macedonia Eylau Mud 1 | 14,652 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Bowie County Wsc | 9,210 | 2.36 ppb |
| City Of New Boston | 6,880 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Wake Village | 5,945 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Redwater | 4,356 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Nash | 3,818 | 0.97 ppb |
| City Of Hooks | 2,518 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burns Redbank Wsc | 2,277 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Dekalb | 1,511 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Boston, 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 Water Resources District 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.