Wharton County Wcid 2, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.54 ppb (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. 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.
Wharton County Wcid 2 at a glance
Wharton County Wcid 2 serves about 2,200 people through 990 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Wharton County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2410001; phone on file: 979-257-4424. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.51 ppb from 1.03 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wharton County Wcid 2 is 2.54 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.54 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.03 ppb |
How Wharton County Wcid 2 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. Wharton County Wcid 2's 2.54 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Texas and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Wharton County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wharton County Wcid 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of El Campo | 12,095 | 1.04 ppb |
| City Of Wharton | 8,756 | 1.67 ppb |
| Wharton County Wcid 1 Louise | 1,206 | 2.43 ppb |
| Boling Mwd | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Isaacson Mud | 729 | 0.7 ppb |
| Hungerford Mud 1 | 390 | 0.8 ppb |
| Pyssens Live Oak Estates Subdivision | 159 | 0.31 ppb |
| Turtle Creek Village | 105 | 0 (not detected) |
| H & L New Gulf | 90 | 1.6 ppb |
| Straightway Training Center | 50 | 0.42 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Bernard, 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 Wharton County Wcid 2 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.