Town Of Indian Lake, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.52 ppb (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. 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 Indian Lake at a glance
Town Of Indian Lake serves about 888 people through 384 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 surface water, in Cameron County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0310008; phone on file: 956-233-4021. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Town Of Indian Lake's lead record
That is down 2.2 ppb from 3.72 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Indian Lake is 5.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.52 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.72 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.6 ppb |
How Town Of Indian Lake 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 Indian Lake's 1.52 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Texas and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Cameron County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Indian Lake. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brownsville Public Utilities Board | 201,249 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harlingen Water Works System | 85,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Laguna Madre Water District | 46,674 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Rio Hondo Wsc | 25,509 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of San Benito | 24,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| El Jardin Wsc | 9,423 | 1.81 ppb |
| Olmito Wsc | 8,952 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of La Feria | 7,226 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Los Fresnos | 6,009 | 2.57 ppb |
| City Of Primera | 5,811 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Los Fresnos, 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 Indian Lake 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.