Is China Spring, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 7 utilities serving China Spring has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records.
Cross Country WSC, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 100 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 China Spring’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Cross Country WSC
Texas · serves 3,939 people · about 170 in China Spring
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 100 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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China Spring Water
Texas · serves 2,070 people · about 120 in China Spring
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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North County Water Supply
Texas · serves 215 people · under 100 in China Spring
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Highland Park WSC
Texas · serves 468 people · under 100 in China Spring
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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C S Community WSC
Texas · serves 432 people · under 100 in China Spring
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Bosque Basin WSC
Texas · serves 225 people · under 100 in China Spring
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cedar Ridge Deep Well Water System
Texas · serves 132 people · under 100 in China Spring
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near China Spring
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to China Spring, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Bio-Chem Lab, Inc.
West, TX · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Hillsboro, TX · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria
Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER)
Stephenville, TX · about 65 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 China Spring
Which ZIP codes are in China Spring: 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 China Spring
Other towns in Bosque County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cross Country WSC’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