North San Saba WSC

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: 885 people
Connections: 316
Water source: Groundwater bought from another system
Based in: San Saba, TX
County: San Saba
Owner: Local government

The ZIP code it serves

76877

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. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What was found

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total), arsenic and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from May 20, 2020 to July 22, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits5

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

36.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 16.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 36.8 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 16.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 28.5 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

1.7ppm

Highest sample; found in 11 of 11

2025 average: 1.5 ppm

The highest sample, in 2020, was 1.7 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 1.5 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 1.9 ppm, in 2019.

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

0.62ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.62 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.0 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

8.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 2.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.3 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 7.2 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

10.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.4 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. That is the only year on file.

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
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	Jan. 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016	6.0 PCI/L	Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 45 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total), arsenic and uranium results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. North San Saba WSC’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 May 20, 2020 to July 22, 2026.

Testing your own tap

North San Saba WSC’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 lab Texas certifies closest to the area North San Saba WSC serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

Environmental Monitoring Lab
Llano, TX · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
(325) 247-3295

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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