Walnut Bend Isd, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.55 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
Walnut Bend Isd serves about 162 people through 24 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 groundwater, in Cooke County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0490040; phone on file: 940-665-5990. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Walnut Bend Isd's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Walnut Bend Isd is 0.55 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.55 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. Walnut Bend Isd's 0.55 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in Texas and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Cooke County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Walnut Bend Isd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Gainesville | 18,107 | 2.3 ppb |
| Woodbine Special Utility District | 8,151 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountain Springs Wsc | 3,756 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Kiowa Sud | 2,848 | 2.47 ppb |
| City Of Callisburg | 2,277 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Muenster | 1,771 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Valley View | 1,188 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Lindsay | 1,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pioneer Valley Water | 1,002 | 0.9 ppb |
| Oak Ridge Water System | 468 | 1.03 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gainesville, 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 Walnut Bend Isd 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.