Texas State Technical College - Waco, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.79 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 Texas State Technical College - Waco
Texas State Technical College - Waco serves about 3,100 people through 1,033 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws surface water, in Mclennan County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1550138; phone on file: 254-867-3708. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (2.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Texas State Technical College - Waco is 8.4 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.79 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 8.4 ppb |
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. Texas State Technical College - Waco's 2.79 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Texas and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
53 other systems share Mclennan County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Texas State Technical College - Waco. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Waco | 146,241 | 1.89 ppb |
| City Of Hewitt | 16,978 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Robinson | 11,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bellmead | 10,664 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Bruceville Eddy | 10,570 | 2.65 ppb |
| City Of Woodway | 9,383 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lacy Lakeview | 7,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Mcgregor | 6,037 | 2.34 ppb |
| Elm Creek Wsc | 4,520 | 2.21 ppb |
| Cross Country Wsc | 3,939 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Waco, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Waco, 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 Texas State Technical College - Waco whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.