Is Anna, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Anna have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: City of Anna and North Collin SUD.
City of Anna, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 31.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Anna’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Anna
Texas · serves 23,960 people · about 3,500 in Anna
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 31.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Westminster SUD
Texas · serves 2,424 people · about 350 in Anna
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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North Collin SUD
Texas · serves 10,716 people · about 170 in Anna
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 26.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
South Grayson SUD
Texas · serves 6,750 people · under 100 in Anna
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 35.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Anna
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Anna, 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
Allen, TX · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. - Plano
Plano, TX · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 40 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 TexasZIP codes in Anna
Which ZIP codes are in Anna: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: TCEQ, drinking water laboratories approved for public water system samples; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Anna
Other towns in Collin County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Anna’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water