Saint Paul Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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.
Saint Paul Wsc at a glance
Saint Paul Wsc serves about 608 people through 242 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 San Patricio County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2050010. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Saint Paul Wsc's lead record
That is down 1.34 ppb from 2.44 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saint Paul Wsc is 2.44 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.44 ppb |
How Saint Paul 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. Saint Paul Wsc's 1.1 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Texas and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share San Patricio County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Saint Paul Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Portland | 22,933 | 1.48 ppb |
| City Of Ingleside | 10,106 | 10.9 ppb |
| City Of Aransas Pass | 8,088 | 2.8 ppb |
| City Of Sinton | 5,505 | 3.7 ppb |
| Rincon Wsc | 5,034 | 1.51 ppb |
| City Of Mathis | 5,001 | 1.14 ppb |
| City Of Taft | 4,627 | 2.95 ppb |
| City Of Odem | 2,250 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Gregory | 1,760 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Ingleside On The Bay | 610 | 4.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sinton, 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 Saint Paul 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. 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.