City of Gordon

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: 475 people
Connections: 803
Water source: Surface water
Based in: Gordon, TX
County: Palo Pinto
Owner: Local government

The 2 ZIP codes it serves

76453, 76463

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and Texas’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. 3 health-based violations since 2016.

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total), arsenic and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 24, 2020 to July 29, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits5

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

27.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 25.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 27.1 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 39.4 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 25.2 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 32 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

26.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 21.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 26.7 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 66.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 21.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 30.6 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.67ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 7

2026, one sample: 0.32 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 0.67 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.32 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.43 ppm, in 2014.

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

0.097ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 0.095 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.097 ppm, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.095 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.22 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Fluoride Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Fluoride”

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.5 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Chromium (Hexavalent) Reduction”
NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Chromium Reduction”

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

Arsenic
Lead
Uranium

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or rule	Type	Period	Measured	Status
Lead and Copper Rule Revisions	The required inventory of lead service lines was not completed or submitted on time.EPA: LSL Inventory	Oct. 17, 2024	—	Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule	A required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation	Jan. 2, 2017	—	Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule	A required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation	Jan. 1, 2017	—	Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 11 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, chromium (total), arsenic and uranium results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. City of Gordon’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. 24, 2020 to July 29, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER)
Stephenville, TX · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
(254) 968-9570
Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory
Fort Worth, TX · about 63 miles
Certified for bacteria
(817) 321-4758
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 72 miles
Certified for bacteria
(817) 616-5030

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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