Shelby Water, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.54 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Shelby Water serves about 61 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Shelby County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2100038; phone on file: 903-822-3275. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.97 ppb from 0.57 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shelby Water is 3.54 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.54 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.57 ppb |
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. Shelby Water's 3.54 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Texas and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Shelby County
19 other systems share Shelby County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Shelby Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Center | 5,450 | 0.8 ppb |
| City Of Huxley | 1,930 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcclelland Wsc | 1,837 | 1.31 ppb |
| City Of Tenaha | 1,746 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Joaquin | 1,620 | 2.58 ppb |
| Timpson Rural Water Supply | 1,620 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flat Fork Wsc | 1,605 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Timpson | 1,549 | 0.51 ppb |
| Sand Hills Wsc | 1,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Five Way Wsc | 1,409 | 1.17 ppb |
Next steps for Collinsville, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Collinsville, 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 Shelby Water 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.