Riviera Wcid, 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.
Riviera Wcid at a glance
Riviera Wcid serves about 936 people through 312 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 groundwater, in Kleberg County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1370007; phone on file: 361-296-3805. 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 Riviera Wcid is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Riviera Wcid's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Texas and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Kleberg County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Riviera Wcid. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Kingsville | 25,402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ricardo Wsc | 3,396 | 1.3 ppb |
| Naval Air Station Kingsville | 1,550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Baffin Bay Wsc | 1,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| King Ranch Santa Gertrudis District | 212 | 0.27 ppb |
| Escondido Creek Water System | 129 | 1.34 ppb |
| King Ranch Laureles Division | 60 | 0.49 ppb |
| South Texas Water Authority | 16 | - |
Next steps for Riviera, TX
Look up your address in Riviera Wcid'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 Riviera Wcid 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.