Webb County Water Dispenser, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.3 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2022). 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
Webb County Water Dispenser serves about 3,362 people through 2 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Webb County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2400029; phone on file: 956-523-4600. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Webb County Water Dispenser's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Webb County Water Dispenser is 0.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
How Webb County Water Dispenser 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. Webb County Water Dispenser's 0.3 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Texas and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Webb County
6 other systems share Webb County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Webb County Water Dispenser. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Laredo | 260,046 | 1.37 ppb |
| Webb County Water Utilities | 8,358 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mirando City Wsc | 460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oilton Rural Wsc | 411 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bruni Rural Wsc | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Los Botines Wsc | 54 | - |
Next steps for Laredo, TX
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Laredo, 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 Webb County Water Dispenser 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.