Is Four Corners, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 15 utilities serving Four Corners have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Kingsbridge MUD and Mission Bend MUD 2.
City of Sugar Land, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 4.1 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 Four Corners’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Sugar Land
Texas · serves 80,381 people · about 1,600 in Four Corners
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 4.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Kingsbridge MUD
Texas · serves 8,663 people · about 910 in Four Corners
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 19 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Fort Bend County MUD 2
Texas · serves 6,819 people · about 800 in Four Corners
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 26.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fort Bend County MUD 25
Texas · serves 15,327 people · about 790 in Four Corners
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 26.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fort Bend County MUD 119
Texas · serves 5,088 people · about 640 in Four Corners
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Mission Bend MUD 2
Texas · serves 10,155 people · about 570 in Four Corners
1 result above the legal limit, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 37.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Chelford City MUD
Texas · serves 8,917 people · about 520 in Four Corners
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fort Bend County MUD 41
Texas · serves 4,179 people · about 510 in Four Corners
2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 4.0 ppt, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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North Mission Glen MUD
Texas · serves 9,096 people · about 420 in Four Corners
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fort Bend County MUD 30
Texas · serves 16,794 people · about 410 in Four Corners
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
5 more utilities in Four Corners
By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Four Corners than those above.
- Harris County MUD 158serves 6,798 people · about 390 in Four Corners · no health-based violations since 2016
- Mission Bend MUD 1serves 6,546 people · about 370 in Four Corners · no health-based violations since 2016
- Fort Bend County FWSD 2serves 3,258 people · about 350 in Four Corners · no health-based violations since 2016
- Bissonnet MUDserves 8,160 people · about 280 in Four Corners · no health-based violations since 2016
- Chelford One MUDserves 4,557 people · about 270 in Four Corners · 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 City of Sugar Land’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Four Corners
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Four Corners, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
ALS Laboratory Group, Environmental Services Division – Houston, Texas
Houston, TX · about 4 miles
Certified for lead and copper
Envirodyne Laboratories, Inc.
Houston, TX · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Houston
Stafford, TX · about 6 miles
Certified for 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 Four Corners: 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 Four Corners
Other towns in Harris County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Sugar Land’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