Ward Prairie Wsc, TX
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Ward Prairie Wsc serves about 462 people through 154 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 Freestone County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX0810018; phone on file: 903-389-2926. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.3 ppb from 1.3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ward Prairie Wsc is 1.3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
How Ward Prairie Wsc 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. Ward Prairie Wsc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Texas and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Freestone County
19 other systems share Freestone County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ward Prairie Wsc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Teague | 5,688 | 5.03 ppb |
| South Freestone County Wsc | 3,753 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Fairfield | 3,005 | 2.58 ppb |
| Southern Oaks Water Supply | 2,304 | 3.08 ppb |
| Butler Wsc | 1,842 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasant Grove Wsc | 1,839 | 0.4 ppb |
| City Of Fairfield Boyd Unit | 1,690 | 2.39 ppb |
| City Of Fairfield Westwood Utility | 1,563 | 1.38 ppb |
| City Of Wortham | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Streetman | 573 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Ward Prairie Wsc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ward Prairie Wsc 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.