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Is Fort Worth, TX tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Fort Worth, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Texas’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

6 of the 15 utilities serving Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth, City of White Settlement, City of Sansom Park and 3 more.

City of Fort Worth, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFHxS at 25.8 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 Fort Worth’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Fort Worth

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Fort Worth than those above.

  • Town of Westover Hillsserves 682 people · about 610 in Fort Worth · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Rollins Hills Estates Waterserves 165 people · under 100 in Fort Worth · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Friendly Oaks WSCserves 120 people · under 100 in Fort Worth · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Seville WSCserves 72 people · under 100 in Fort Worth · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Twin Lakes Waterserves 85 people · under 100 in Fort Worth · 2 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 Fort Worth’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Fort Worth

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Texas certifies.

The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Fort Worth, 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 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (817) 321-4758

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX

    Fort Worth, TX · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (817) 616-5030

  • Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas

    Dallas, TX · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (281) 240-4200

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 Texas

ZIP codes in Fort Worth

Which ZIP codes are in Fort Worth: 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 Fort Worth

Other towns in Tarrant County with a page of their own.

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