Us Army South Fort Cavazos, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.08 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.
Who runs the water here
Us Army South Fort Cavazos serves about 35,669 people through 11,966 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Bell County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0140107; phone on file: 254-213-0948. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2.08 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Us Army South Fort Cavazos is 3.2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.08 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.2 ppb |
How Us Army South Fort Cavazos 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. Us Army South Fort Cavazos's 2.08 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Texas and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Bell County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Us Army South Fort Cavazos. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Killeen | 161,027 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Temple | 94,935 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Harker Heights | 35,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Belton | 23,054 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salado Wsc | 11,460 | 5.26 ppb |
| Bell County Wcid 3 | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| 439 Wsc | 7,836 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bell Milam Falls Wsc | 6,885 | 2.5 ppb |
| City Of Morgans Point Resort | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Bell County Wsc | 4,842 | 1.19 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fort Hood, 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 Us Army South Fort Cavazos 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.