Windermere Community, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.94 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.
Who runs the water here
Windermere Community serves about 21,231 people through 7,077 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Travis County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2270161; phone on file: 737-376-2534. 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 down 1.06 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Windermere Community is 3.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.94 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Windermere Community's 1.94 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Texas and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
87 other systems share Travis County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Windermere Community. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Austin Water & Wastewater | 1,115,323 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Pflugerville | 63,464 | 1.1 ppb |
| Travis County Wcid 17 | 45,165 | 2.95 ppb |
| Manville Wsc | 39,648 | 1.41 ppb |
| West Travis County Public Utility Agency | 35,664 | 2.2 ppb |
| City Of Manor | 19,620 | 1.2 ppb |
| Wells Branch Mud 1 | 18,015 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northtown Mud | 11,520 | 0.44 ppb |
| North Austin Mud 1 | 11,133 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakeway Mud | 10,512 | 3.34 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Austin, 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 Windermere Community 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.