Town Of Pleasant Valley, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.44 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Pleasant Valley serves about 330 people through 228 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Wichita County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2430012; phone on file: 940-851-8518. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Town Of Pleasant Valley's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Pleasant Valley is 1.44 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.44 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. Town Of Pleasant Valley's 1.44 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Texas and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wichita County
8 other systems share Wichita County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Pleasant Valley. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Wichita Falls | 101,915 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sheppard Air Force Base | 19,500 | 4.3 ppb |
| City Of Burkburnett | 11,057 | 3.6 ppb |
| City Of Iowa Park | 6,612 | 2.6 ppb |
| Wichita Valley Wsc | 6,516 | 0.5 ppb |
| City Of Electra | 2,559 | 4.1 ppb |
| Friberg-Cooper Wsc | 981 | 0.9 ppb |
| Horseshoe Bend Estates | 130 | 4.77 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Iowa Park, 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 Pleasant Valley 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.