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Barton Creek Lakeside

What EPA’s and Texas’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
1,023 people
Connections
341
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Austin, TX
County
Travis
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

78669

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the legal limit. 5 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total): Texas’s own results, samples taken from May 20, 2020 to July 1, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

155ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 21.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 155 ppb, in 2024, about twice EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 254 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 21.9 ppb. EPA recorded violations for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2024 and 2025. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 40.9 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.1 ppb, in 2025: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.9 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

57.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 3.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 57.2 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 115 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 3.5 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 8.9 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.49ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.49 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.52 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.69ppm

Highest sample; found in 23 of 26

2026 average: 0.065 ppm

The highest sample, in 2025, was 0.69 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 0.065 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.86 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claim: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Uranium

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Uranium

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2025 to June 30, 20250.082 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2025 to March 31, 20250.12 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 20240.12 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 20240.11 MG/LResolved
Surface Water Treatment RuleRequired treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)April 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 7 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Barton Creek Lakeside’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Texas’s results run from May 20, 2020 to July 1, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Barton Creek Lakeside’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Texas certifies.

The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to the area Barton Creek Lakeside serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Integrity Testing, Inc.

    Austin, TX · about 21 miles

    Certified for lead and copper

    (512) 891-7777

  • Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section

    Austin, TX · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (512) 458-7318

  • Aqua-Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Austin, TX · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (512) 301-9559

Texas Well Owner Network, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension: Well Informed screening events, where well owners bring in water samples to be screened for common contaminants, followed by an hour-long session explaining the results. Upcoming events are on the network's calendar. Trainings, Texas Well Owner Network.

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Sources

PWSID TX2270282. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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