Rra Howardwick, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.22 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Rra Howardwick
Rra Howardwick serves about 370 people through 313 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 Donley County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0650004; phone on file: 940-723-8697. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0.92 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rra Howardwick is 1.22 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.22 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.92 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. Rra Howardwick's 1.22 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Texas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Donley County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Rra Howardwick. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Clarendon | 2,026 | 1.79 ppb |
| Hedley Municipal Water System | 275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rra Greenbelt Lake Lots | 222 | 0.59 ppb |
| Greenbelt Miwa | - | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wichita Falls, 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 Rra Howardwick 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.