Tbcd West Treatment Plant, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.77 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.
Tbcd West Treatment Plant at a glance
Tbcd West Treatment Plant serves about 7,695 people through 3,182 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Chambers County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0360030; phone on file: 409-296-3602. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Tbcd West Treatment Plant's lead record
That is up 3.77 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tbcd West Treatment Plant is 3.77 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.77 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.77 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. Tbcd West Treatment Plant's 3.77 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Texas and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Chambers County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Tbcd West Treatment Plant. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Mont Belvieu | 12,864 | 2.5 ppb |
| Tbcd Winnie Stowell | 8,397 | 2.61 ppb |
| Gray Utility Service | 8,004 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chambers County Mud 1 | 2,500 | 1.21 ppb |
| City Of Anahuac | 2,296 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plantation On Cotton Bayou | 1,557 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coles Crossing | 1,521 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barrow Ranch | 774 | 0.81 ppb |
| Tower Terrace | 768 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodland Acres Subdivision | 643 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stowell, 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 Tbcd West Treatment Plant 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.