San Patricio County Mud 1, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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.
San Patricio County Mud 1 at a glance
San Patricio County Mud 1 serves about 540 people through 180 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: TX2050070; phone on file: 361-392-3202. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for San Patricio County Mud 1 is 1.7 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 ppb |
How San Patricio County Mud 1 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. San Patricio County Mud 1's 1.7 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Texas and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share San Patricio County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than San Patricio County Mud 1. 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 |
Next steps for Edroy, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Edroy, 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 San Patricio County Mud 1 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.