Scenic Heights, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Scenic Heights
Scenic Heights serves about 336 people through 112 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Comal County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0460060; phone on file: 512-990-4400. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scenic Heights is 1.2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Scenic Heights's 1.2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Texas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
31 other systems share Comal County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Scenic Heights. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels Utilities | 116,477 | 1.7 ppb |
| Clwsc Canyon Lake Shores | 44,196 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sjwtx Triple Peak Plant | 32,973 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Garden Ridge | 5,100 | 3.7 ppb |
| Sjwtx Glenwood Subdivision | 2,985 | 0.2 ppb |
| Gbra Johnson Ranch Subdivision | 2,322 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canyon Lake Mobile Home Estates | 2,202 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Village North | 1,944 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cypress Cove Wsc | 1,825 | 1.6 ppb |
| Rockwall Ranch Subdivision | 1,773 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Scenic Heights 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.