Is Cactus, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
City of Cactus serves Cactus. In EPA’s and Texas’s records it has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 71 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Cactus
The lab Texas certifies closest to Cactus, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Amarillo, TX · about 62 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 TexasWhich ZIP codes are in Cactus: 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.
What to do next
- Read City of Cactus’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