Is Bridgeport, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
4 of the 4 utilities serving Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport, West Wise SUD, City of Runaway Bay and 1 more.
City of Bridgeport, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Texas’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Bridgeport’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Bridgeport
Texas · serves 6,083 people · about 340 in Bridgeport
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
4 health-based violations since 2016
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West Wise SUD
Texas · serves 3,909 people · about 190 in Bridgeport
2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 79.3 ppb, above the legal limit.
45 health-based violations since 2016
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City of Runaway Bay
Texas · serves 2,458 people · under 100 in Bridgeport
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 89 ppb, above the legal limit.
14 health-based violations since 2016
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Hideaway Bay Lake Shores WSC
Texas · serves 108 people · under 100 in Bridgeport
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 75.8 ppb, above the legal limit.
4 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bridgeport
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Bridgeport, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory
Fort Worth, TX · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 60 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 Bridgeport
Which ZIP codes are in Bridgeport: 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 Bridgeport
Other towns in Wise County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Bridgeport’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water