Salado Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.26 ppb (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. 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.
Salado Wsc at a glance
Salado Wsc serves about 11,460 people through 3,817 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Bell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0140035; phone on file: 254-947-5425. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Salado Wsc's lead record
That is up 2.96 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Salado Wsc is 6.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.26 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.3 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. Salado Wsc's 5.26 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Texas and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Bell County
27 other systems share Bell County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Salado Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Killeen | 161,027 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Temple | 94,935 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Harker Heights | 35,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| Us Army South Fort Cavazos | 35,669 | 2.08 ppb |
| City Of Belton | 23,054 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bell County Wcid 3 | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| 439 Wsc | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bell Milam Falls Wsc | 6,885 | 2.5 ppb |
| City Of Morgans Point Resort | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Bell County Wsc | 4,842 | 1.19 ppb |
Next steps for Salado, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salado, 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 Salado 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.