The Cliffs, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About The Cliffs
The Cliffs serves about 1,115 people through 385 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Palo Pinto County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1820061; phone on file: 737-376-2534. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
The Cliffs's lead record
That is down 1.1 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Cliffs is 21.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 21.6 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. The Cliffs's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Texas and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Palo Pinto County
12 other systems share Palo Pinto County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Cliffs. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Mineral Wells | 15,564 | 0 (not detected) |
| Possum Kingdom Wsc | 8,583 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Rural Wsc | 3,610 | 7.83 ppb |
| Santo Sud | 3,546 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sturdivant Progress Wsc | 3,111 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Palo Pinto Area Wsc | 2,247 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Strawn | 1,311 | 0 (not detected) |
| Palo Pinto Wsc | 1,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sportsmans World Mud | 735 | 1.8 ppb |
| City Of Graford | 692 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 The Cliffs whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1860 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.