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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
99 people
Connections
44
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
New Waverly, TX
County
Trinity
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

75862

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 2 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1995 to 2026.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate, arsenic and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from March 25, 2020 to Aug. 24, 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

11ppb

90th percentile, 2024 to 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 11 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027, and this result is at or above that. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits5

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

65.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 32.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 65.8 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 125 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 32.4 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 91.9 ppb, in 2018, and EPA recorded a violation in 2019.

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

20.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 14.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 20.7 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 36 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 14.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 42.1 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.88ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025, one sample: 0.83 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.88 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.83 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.0 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.0 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.1 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.045ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 7

2026, one sample: 0.011 ppm

The highest sample, in 2020, was 0.045 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.011 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.058 ppm, in 2015.

What handles it

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

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 20190.086 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2019 to June 30, 20190.091 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 2 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate, arsenic and uranium results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Bell Water’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 March 25, 2020 to Aug. 24, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Bell Water’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 Water serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Chaparral Laboratories, Inc.

    Huntsville, TX · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (936) 291-1881

  • Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc. -Coldspring

    Coldspring, TX · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (936) 653-3249

  • Nova Biologicals, Inc.

    Conroe, TX · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (936) 756-5333

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 TX2280034. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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