Town Of Fairview, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.72 ppb (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. 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.
Town Of Fairview at a glance
Town Of Fairview serves about 11,100 people through 3,997 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Collin County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0430034; phone on file: 972-562-0522. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Town Of Fairview's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Fairview is 1.72 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.72 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.21 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.2 ppb |
How Town Of Fairview 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. Town Of Fairview's 1.72 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Texas and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Collin County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Fairview. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Plano | 292,059 | 1.68 ppb |
| City Of Frisco | 231,910 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Mckinney | 224,043 | 1.65 ppb |
| City Of Allen | 113,746 | 1.7 ppb |
| City Of Celina | 52,701 | 1.98 ppb |
| City Of Wylie | 48,393 | 1.03 ppb |
| Town Of Prosper | 42,598 | 1.98 ppb |
| City Of Princeton | 37,019 | 1.76 ppb |
| City Of Melissa | 26,234 | 1.43 ppb |
| Culleoka Wsc | 24,615 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fairview, 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 Town Of Fairview 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.