Town Of Ransom Canyon, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.28 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
About Town Of Ransom Canyon
Town Of Ransom Canyon serves about 1,189 people through 546 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 Lubbock County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1520056; phone on file: 806-829-2470. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.58 ppb from 8.86 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Ransom Canyon is 8.86 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.28 ppb |
| 2024 | 8.86 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Ransom Canyon's 6.28 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Texas and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Lubbock County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Ransom Canyon. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lubbock Public Water System | 266,450 | 1.36 ppb |
| City Of Wolfforth | 9,600 | 1.32 ppb |
| City Of Slaton | 5,858 | 1.08 ppb |
| City Of Shallowater | 2,964 | 2.29 ppb |
| City Of Idalou | 2,250 | 1.39 ppb |
| City Of New Deal | 729 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Mobile Home Village | 577 | 0.43 ppb |
| Lubbock County Wcid 1 | 465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town North Village Water System | 360 | 3.08 ppb |
| Town North Estates | 216 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Ransom Canyon, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ransom Canyon, 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 Ransom Canyon 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.