Is Coupland, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Coupland has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Manville WSC.
City of Taylor, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 5.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
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 Coupland’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Taylor
Texas · serves 20,622 people · under 100 in Coupland
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 5.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Manville WSC
Texas · serves 39,648 people · under 100 in Coupland
1 result above the legal limit, 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 76.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
5 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 City of Taylor’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Water testing near Coupland
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Coupland, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Integrity Testing, Inc.
Austin, TX · about 24 miles
Certified for lead and copper
Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section
Austin, TX · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Aqua-Tech Laboratories, Inc.
Austin, TX · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, 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 Coupland: 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 Coupland
Other towns in Williamson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Taylor’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOARanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water