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Is Athens, TX tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Athens, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Texas’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

4 of the 15 utilities serving Athens 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 Athens, Lakeshore Utility, C R C WSC and 1 more.

City of Athens, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.9 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Athens’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Athens

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Athens than those above.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Athens’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Athens

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Texas certifies.

The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Athens, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Analytical Environmental Labs

    Tyler, TX · about 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 509-8700

  • Northeast Texas Public Health District Laboratory

    Tyler, TX · about 34 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 535-0090

  • Environmental Monitoring Lab

    Winona, TX · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 877-9222

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 Texas

ZIP codes in Athens

Which ZIP codes are in Athens: 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 Athens

Other towns in Henderson County with a page of their own.

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