Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.51 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.
Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System at a glance
Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System serves about 249 people through 83 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Somervell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2130021; phone on file: 512-990-4400. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System is 0.51 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.51 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. Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System's 0.51 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Texas and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Somervell County
7 other systems share Somervell County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Somervell County Water District | 3,666 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Glen Rose | 2,848 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riverbend Retreat Center | 827 | 3.01 ppb |
| Happy Hill Farm Academy | 238 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orchards On The Brazos | 111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak River Ranch | 99 | 1.4 ppb |
| Greenfields On Squaw Creek | 78 | 0.81 ppb |
Your move
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 Squaw Creek Subdivision Water System 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.