Tom Green County Fwsd 3, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Tom Green County Fwsd 3
Tom Green County Fwsd 3 serves about 1,002 people through 334 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 Tom Green County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2260052; phone on file: 325-657-2800. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Tom Green County Fwsd 3'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 Tom Green County Fwsd 3 is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Tom Green County Fwsd 3's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th 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 Tom Green County
16 other systems share Tom Green County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tom Green County Fwsd 3. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of San Angelo | 105,229 | 3.95 ppb |
| Goodfellow Air Force Base | 5,241 | 4.78 ppb |
| Concho Rural Water Grape Creek | 5,049 | 0 (not detected) |
| Concho Rural Water N Concho Lake Estates | 1,470 | 0 (not detected) |
| Concho Rural Water Pecan Creek | 1,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Creek Mud | 945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hhsc San Angelo State Supported Living C | 900 | 3.44 ppb |
| Concho Rural Water The Oaks | 825 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tom Green County Fwsd 1 Carlsbad | 690 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tom Green County Fwsd 2 Christoval | 482 | 2.65 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Tom Green County Fwsd 3'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 Tom Green County Fwsd 3 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.