Deer Run and White Rock City Marina
What EPA’s and Texas’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 226 people
- Connections
- 93
- Water source
- Surface water bought from another system
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- County
- Trinity
- Owner
- Private
The ZIP code it serves
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, not everything. 1 health-based violation since 2016.
What was found
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Sept. 23, 2020 to July 27, 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Below EPA’s limits3
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
32.7ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023
2023, one sample: 20.6 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 32.7 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, its one sample was 20.6 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 49.6 ppb, in 2014.
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
15ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023
2023: not found
Averaged by year, the highest was 15 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2023, 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 24.6 ppb, in 2014.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
Nitrate
Comes from the source
1.1ppm
Highest sample; found in 4 of 4
2023, one sample: 1.1 ppm
The highest sample, in 2023, was 1.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 1.1 ppm.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
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 | — | Unaddressed |
| Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 107 monitoring or reporting violations not shown. | ||||
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Deer Run and White Rock City Marina’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 Sept. 23, 2020 to July 27, 2023.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to the area Deer Run and White Rock City Marina 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
Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc. -Coldspring
Coldspring, TX · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Nova Biologicals, Inc.
Conroe, TX · about 46 miles
Certified for bacteria
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.
All 80 certified labs for TexasSources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Drinking Water Viewer, results from Jan. 7, 2020 to Oct. 6, 2026, read Oct. 16, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Certified labs: TCEQ, drinking water laboratories approved for public water system samples, read Oct. 10, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID TX2280039. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and Texas’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportDeer Run and White Rock City Marina must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded