Is Circle D-KC Estates, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Circle D-KC Estates 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 Bastrop and Bastrop County WCID 2.
Aqua WSC, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 83 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Circle D-KC Estates’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Aqua WSC
Texas · serves 86,325 people · about 620 in Circle D-KC Estates
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 83 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Bastrop
Texas · serves 13,209 people · about 260 in Circle D-KC Estates
1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the action level, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Copper at 1.4 ppm, above the action level.
17 health-based violations since 2016
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Bastrop County WCID 2
Texas · serves 7,269 people · about 130 in Circle D-KC Estates
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 81.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
3 health-based violations since 2016
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Lee County WSC
Texas · serves 14,670 people · under 100 in Circle D-KC Estates
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 85.2 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Aqua WSC’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Circle D-KC Estates
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Circle D-KC Estates, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Aqua-Tech Laboratories, Inc.
Austin, TX · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section
Austin, TX · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Integrity Testing, Inc.
Austin, TX · about 36 miles
Certified for lead and copper
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 Circle D-KC Estates: 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 Circle D-KC Estates
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Aqua 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