Is Carrollton, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
City of Carrollton serves Carrollton. In EPA’s and Texas’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Carrollton
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Carrollton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. - Plano
Plano, TX · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Allen, TX · about 14 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 Carrollton: 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 Carrollton
Other towns in Denton County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Carrollton’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