White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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 White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates
White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates serves about 233 people through 93 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Tyler County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2290012; phone on file: 713-574-5953. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates is 2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
How White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates 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. White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates's 1.1 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Texas and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Tyler County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Woodville | 6,069 | 0.69 ppb |
| Tyler County Sud | 5,267 | 0.83 ppb |
| Warren Wsc | 1,834 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ivanhoe Land Of Lakes | 1,738 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Colmesneil | 1,404 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chester Wsc | 1,237 | 1.37 ppb |
| Seneca Wsc | 917 | 0.58 ppb |
| Cypress Creek Wsc | 853 | 3.16 ppb |
| Doucette Water System | 399 | 3.4 ppb |
| Lakeside Water Supply 5 | 135 | 10 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cypress, 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 White Tail Ridge Lakes Estates 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.