Rural 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.
Who runs the water here
Rural Wsc serves about 1,141 people through 492 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 Jasper County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1210015; phone on file: 409-384-9590. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rural Wsc is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Rural 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. Rural Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Texas and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Jasper County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rural Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Jasper | 9,884 | 0.83 ppb |
| Rayburn Country Mud | 4,062 | 0 (not detected) |
| Upper Jasper County Water Authority 1 | 3,048 | 4.91 ppb |
| Jasper County Wcid 1 | 3,035 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Kirbyville | 2,578 | 0.66 ppb |
| South Jasper Wsc | 2,165 | 0.66 ppb |
| South Kirbyville Rural Wsc | 1,037 | 3.34 ppb |
| Upper Jasper County Water Authority 2 | 975 | 2.67 ppb |
| Holly Huff Wsc | 583 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evadale Wcid 1 | 559 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Jasper, TX
Look up your address in Rural 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 Rural 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.