Tennessee Wsc, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Tennessee Wsc at a glance
Tennessee Wsc serves about 371 people through 142 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Shelby County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2100017; phone on file: 936-254-2108. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Tennessee Wsc's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tennessee Wsc is 145 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 145 ppb over 15 |
Against other Texas systems
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. Tennessee Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Texas and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Shelby County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tennessee Wsc. 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 Timpson, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Timpson, 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 Tennessee Wsc 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.