Sugar Pines Mhp, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.86 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Sugar Pines Mhp
Sugar Pines Mhp serves about 170 people through 84 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Orange County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1810103; phone on file: 832-667-8640. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sugar Pines Mhp is 3.86 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.86 ppb |
How Sugar Pines Mhp 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. Sugar Pines Mhp's 3.86 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Texas and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Orange County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sugar Pines Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Orange | 19,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orange County Wcid 1 | 15,258 | 1.87 ppb |
| Mauriceville Mud | 10,374 | 0.71 ppb |
| City Of Bridge City | 9,546 | 1.98 ppb |
| Orangefield Wsc | 8,231 | 1.06 ppb |
| Orange County Wcid 2 | 4,074 | 0.92 ppb |
| City Of Pinehurst | 3,131 | 2.04 ppb |
| City Of Rose City | 664 | 1.44 ppb |
| Evergreen Park Hickory Hills Water Syste | 363 | 4.2 ppb |
| Kinard Estates | 254 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Houston, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Houston, 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 Sugar Pines Mhp 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.