Is Cleburne, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 12 utilities serving Cleburne 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 Keene, Northcrest Addition and Westlake Village Mobile Home Park.
City of Cleburne, 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 Cleburne’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Cleburne
Texas · serves 34,075 people · about 4,000 in Cleburne
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Johnson County SUD
Texas · serves 65,517 people · about 1,300 in Cleburne
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 65.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Keene
Texas · serves 6,863 people · about 170 in Cleburne
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 90.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Bethesda WSC
Texas · serves 33,441 people · about 110 in Cleburne
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 68.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Parker WSC
Texas · serves 3,300 people · under 100 in Cleburne
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Northcrest Addition
Texas · serves 744 people · under 100 in Cleburne
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Twin Creek Subdivision
Texas · serves 780 people · under 100 in Cleburne
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Crowley 1 Acre Sky Corp Water
Texas · serves 2,061 people · under 100 in Cleburne
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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The Retreat Water Supply
Texas · serves 633 people · under 100 in Cleburne
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Nolan River Estates
Texas · serves 303 people · under 100 in Cleburne
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
2 more utilities in Cleburne
By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Cleburne than those above.
- Westlake Village Mobile Home Parkserves 132 people · under 100 in Cleburne · 1 health-based violation since 2016
- Fred Mitchell MHPserves 132 people · under 100 in Cleburne · no health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Cleburne
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Cleburne, 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 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Hillsboro, TX · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 33 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 Cleburne: 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 Cleburne
Other towns in Johnson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Cleburne’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