Vista Del Rio, TX
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.08 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Vista Del Rio serves about 126 people through 42 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Burnet County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0270082. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (2.13 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vista Del Rio is 42 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.08 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.13 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.95 ppb |
| 2024 | 7.07 ppb |
| 2024 | 24.1 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 10.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 3.59 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.49 ppb |
| 2017 | 42 ppb over 15 |
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. Vista Del Rio's 2.08 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Texas and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
31 other systems share Burnet County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vista Del Rio. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Marble Falls | 8,059 | 1.84 ppb |
| City Of Burnet | 7,011 | 1.93 ppb |
| City Of Granite Shoals | 6,795 | 1.43 ppb |
| City Of Bertram | 3,636 | 1.21 ppb |
| City Of Meadowlakes | 2,480 | 3.83 ppb |
| City Of Cottonwood Shores | 2,157 | 1.86 ppb |
| Spicewood Beach | 1,452 | 4.06 ppb |
| City Of Highland Haven Water System | 734 | 2.08 ppb |
| City Of Granite Shoals Sherwood Iii | 675 | 5.87 ppb |
| Ridge Harbor | 573 | 2.13 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Marble Falls, 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 Vista Del Rio whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1590 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.