Metals · 2015
Lead in Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, TX tap water
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, TX's 2015 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Lead and reported no detectable amount.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
90th percentile At the tap | 0 mg/L | 0.015 mg/L Action level |
Verbatim from Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, TX's 2015 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Lead
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.
There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
How Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, TX compares
2 of the 22 TX systems measuring Lead on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Lead:
People also ask
+Is there Lead in Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, TX tap water?
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, TX's 2015 Consumer Confidence Report tested for Lead and found no detectable amount.
+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?
The federal Action level for Lead is 0.015 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Lead?
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
+Which other U.S. cities have Lead over the federal limit?
2 of the 22 TX systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lubbock, TX, Frisco, TX.
+Where does this Lead measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2015 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield, TX water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/tx/fort-bliss-biggs-army-airfield/2015/source.