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Bell County WCID 1

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
216 people
Connections
79
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Killeen, TX
County
Bell
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

76513

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from April 30, 2020 to July 29, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.3 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 2.4 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its four samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.2 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

55.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 33.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 55.5 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 33.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 70.3 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

29.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 12.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 29.7 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 12.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 48.3 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.52ppm

Highest sample; found in 33 of 44

2026 average: 0.11 ppm

The highest sample, in 2023, was 0.52 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 0.11 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.67 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.21ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.21 ppm, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.25 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its four samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.24 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • Uranium

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: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Bell County WCID 1’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 April 30, 2020 to July 29, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Bell County WCID 1’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 Bell County WCID 1 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 47 miles

    Certified for lead and copper

    (512) 891-7777

  • Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section

    Austin, TX · about 52 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (512) 458-7318

  • Bio-Chem Lab, Inc.

    West, TX · about 55 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (254) 829-8001

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 TX0140016. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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