Tempe Wsc 1, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Tempe Wsc 1 serves about 2,725 people through 1,052 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Polk County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1870105; phone on file: 936-328-5702. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tempe Wsc 1 is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Tempe Wsc 1 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. Tempe Wsc 1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th percentile in Texas and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
55 other systems share Polk County; 27 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tempe Wsc 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Livingston | 15,199 | 1.56 ppb |
| Lake Livingston Pineshadows East | 5,675 | 1.84 ppb |
| Onalaska Wsc | 5,289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Livingston Oakridge North | 3,284 | 0.59 ppb |
| Soda Wsc | 2,237 | 0.92 ppb |
| Providence Wsc | 2,051 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedar Point | 1,827 | 4 ppb |
| Leggett Wsc | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Corrigan | 1,722 | 0.84 ppb |
| Damascus Stryker Wsc | 1,549 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Livingston, TX
Look up your address in Tempe Wsc 1's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Tempe Wsc 1 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.