Salem Elm Ridge Wsc, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.86 ppb (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. 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.
Salem Elm Ridge Wsc at a glance
Salem Elm Ridge Wsc serves about 1,371 people through 457 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 surface water, in Milam County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1660013; phone on file: 254-697-4016. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Salem Elm Ridge Wsc's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Salem Elm Ridge Wsc is 3.86 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.86 ppb |
How Salem Elm Ridge 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. Salem Elm Ridge Wsc's 3.86 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Texas and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Milam County
10 other systems share Milam County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Salem Elm Ridge Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Milam Wsc | 11,739 | 0.73 ppb |
| City Of Cameron | 5,489 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Rockdale | 5,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milano Wsc | 4,308 | 0.49 ppb |
| North Milam Wsc | 1,833 | 15.6 ppb |
| City Of Thorndale | 1,400 | 4.84 ppb |
| Gause Wsc | 828 | 1.49 ppb |
| Marlow Wsc | 705 | 6.08 ppb |
| City Of Buckholts | 365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Minerva Wsc | 250 | 1.2 ppb |
Next steps for Cameron, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cameron, 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 Salem Elm Ridge 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.