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Bell County WCID 2

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
1,961 people
Connections
749
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Little River Academy, TX
County
Bell
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

76554

The short answer

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

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1993 to 2023.

Fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 6, 2020 to June 1, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

5.1ppb

90th percentile, 2021 to 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 5.1 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.4ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.4 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.3 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

48.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 16.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 48.5 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 87.5 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 16.3 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 76.3 ppb, in 2015.

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

20.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 8.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 20.6 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 32.6 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 8.2 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 25.1 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 7

2025, one sample: 0.93 ppm

The highest sample, in 2023, was 1.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.93 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 1.1 ppm, in 2015.

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)
  • 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.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 11 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, arsenic, 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 2’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 Feb. 6, 2020 to June 1, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Bell County WCID 2’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 2 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 45 miles

    Certified for lead and copper

    (512) 891-7777

  • Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section

    Austin, TX · about 50 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (512) 458-7318

  • Aqua-Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Bryan, TX · about 57 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (979) 778-3707

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 TX0140027. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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