Safari Water System, 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.
About Safari Water System
Safari Water System serves about 792 people through 264 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Henderson County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1070247; phone on file: 512-990-4400. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Safari Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Safari Water System is 0.75 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0.75 ppb |
How Safari Water System 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. Safari Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Texas and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Henderson County
60 other systems share Henderson County; 26 of them have a higher latest lead result than Safari Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Cedar Creek Mud | 24,414 | 2.07 ppb |
| City Of Athens | 17,934 | 3.93 ppb |
| East Cedar Creek Fwsd Brookshire | 14,823 | 0.51 ppb |
| East Cedar Creek Fwsd B A Mckay | 6,753 | 0.84 ppb |
| Virginia Hill Wsc | 4,638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carolynn Estates | 3,906 | 3.14 ppb |
| City Of Chandler | 3,663 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cherokee Shores Water Supply | 3,402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leagueville Wsc | 3,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Malakoff | 3,039 | 4.09 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Safari Water System'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 Safari Water System 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.