Is Evadale, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 5 utilities serving Evadale have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Evadale WCID 1 and Cougar Country Water System.
Evadale WCID 1, 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 Evadale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Evadale WCID 1
Texas · serves 559 people · about 340 in Evadale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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South Jasper WSC
Texas · serves 2,165 people · about 130 in Evadale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.66 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jasper County WCID 1
Texas · serves 3,035 people · about 110 in Evadale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cougar Country Water System
Texas · serves 261 people · under 100 in Evadale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.3 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Mauriceville MUD
Texas · serves 10,374 people · under 100 in Evadale
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21 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.
Water testing near Evadale
The lab Texas certifies closest to Evadale, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc. -Coldspring
Coldspring, TX · about 72 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 Evadale: 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 Evadale
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Evadale WCID 1’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