Zavala County Wcid 1, TX
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Zavala County Wcid 1 at a glance
Zavala County Wcid 1 serves about 2,043 people through 681 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 Zavala County, Texas. EPA system ID: TX2540003; phone on file: 830-365-4119. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Zavala County Wcid 1 is 1.1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
How Zavala County Wcid 1 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. Zavala County Wcid 1's 1.1 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Texas and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Zavala County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Zavala County Wcid 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Crystal City | 7,128 | 0.6 ppb |
| Batesville Wsc | 1,182 | 1.2 ppb |
| Loma Alta Water System | 650 | 0.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; La Pryor, 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 Zavala County Wcid 1 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.