Walnut Creek Sud, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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.
About Walnut Creek Sud
Walnut Creek Sud serves about 40,410 people through 13,470 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Parker County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX1840008; phone on file: 817-220-7707. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Walnut Creek Sud is 2.5 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 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 Creek Sud's 1.2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Texas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
69 other systems share Parker County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Walnut Creek Sud. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Weatherford | 37,002 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Willow Park | 7,439 | 2.35 ppb |
| Parker County Sud Surface | 6,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Aledo | 5,521 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Springtown | 3,781 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Reno | 3,526 | 1.62 ppb |
| City Of Hudson Oaks | 3,487 | 0 (not detected) |
| Western Lake Estates | 2,982 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Annetta Deer Creek | 2,418 | 1.5 ppb |
| Millsap Wsc | 1,503 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Springtown, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Springtown, 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 Creek Sud 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.