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Sugar Pines MHP

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
170 people
Connections
84
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Houston, TX
County
Orange
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

77662

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the legal limit. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2023.

Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, chromium (total) and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 4, 2020 to Sept. 17, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

10.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 5.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.1 ppb, in 2021, which EPA rounds to 10 ppb to compare: at its legal limit of 10 ppb, not above it. Its highest single sample was 12.8 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 5.7 ppb. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for arsenic at this utility in 2022. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 9.9 ppb, in 2018, and EPA recorded a violation in 2012.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

3.9ppb

90th percentile, 2021 to 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 3.9 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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

71.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2026

2026 average: 69.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 71.4 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 111 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 69.6 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 62.1 ppb, 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

13.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2026

2026 average: 11.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 13.9 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 25.8 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 11.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 10.7 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.77ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025, one sample: 0.76 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.77 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.76 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.82 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.11ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 8

2026: not found

The highest sample, in 2023, was 0.11 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.02 ppm, in 2016.

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.
  • 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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

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

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 20220.011 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 46 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, chromium (total) and uranium results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Sugar Pines MHP’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. 4, 2020 to Sept. 17, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Sugar Pines MHP’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.

No lab Texas certifies is within 75 miles of the area Sugar Pines MHP serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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 TX1810103. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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