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Town of Ponder

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
2,851 people
Connections
1,309
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Ponder, TX
County
Denton
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

76259

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total), nitrate, fluoride and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 4, 2020 to June 29, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.1 ppb, in 2021: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 1.8 ppb. In 2025, 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 3.2 ppb, 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”

Below EPA’s limits5

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

35.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 1.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 35.2 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.2 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 5.5 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

22.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 4.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 22.1 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 4.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 21.4 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

5.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.6 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 6.5 ppb. In 2025, 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 2.4 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.54ppm

Highest sample; found in 28 of 28

2026 average: 0.13 ppm

The highest sample, in 2022, was 0.54 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 0.13 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.56 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

0.19ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 0.14 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.19 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.24 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 0.14 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.27 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

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

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

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

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 6 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total), nitrate, fluoride and uranium results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Town of Ponder’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 Aug. 4, 2020 to June 29, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX

    Fort Worth, TX · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (817) 616-5030

  • Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory

    Fort Worth, TX · about 32 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (817) 321-4758

  • Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas

    Dallas, TX · about 34 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (281) 240-4200

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 TX0610039. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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