Is Cloverleaf, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 7 utilities serving Cloverleaf has 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 Houston.
Harris County FWSD 51, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal. 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 Cloverleaf’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Harris County FWSD 51
Texas · serves 19,671 people · about 2,600 in Cloverleaf
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Harris County WCID 36
Texas · serves 11,073 people · about 2,400 in Cloverleaf
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Houston
Texas · serves 3 million people · about 1,800 in Cloverleaf
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Harris County MUD 8
Texas · serves 3,271 people · about 710 in Cloverleaf
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 4.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Harris County MUD 53
Texas · serves 17,856 people · about 480 in Cloverleaf
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Harris County MUD 285
Texas · serves 14,268 people · about 180 in Cloverleaf
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Harris County FWSD 47
Texas · serves 4,250 people · under 100 in Cloverleaf
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
MUD stands for municipal utility district, a local water and sewer district common in Texas.
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Harris County FWSD 51’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Cloverleaf
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Cloverleaf, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
A & B Environmental Services, Inc.
Houston, TX · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
City of Houston Health Department, Bureau of Laboratory Services
Houston, TX · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins EMLab P&K – Houston
Houston, TX · about 25 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 Cloverleaf
Which ZIP codes are in Cloverleaf: 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 Cloverleaf
Other towns in Harris County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Harris County FWSD 51’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water