Is Gatesville, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
7 of the 7 utilities serving Gatesville 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 Gatesville, Coryell City Water Supply District, Fort Gates WSC and 4 more.
City of Gatesville, 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 Gatesville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Gatesville
Texas · serves 16,135 people · about 6,400 in Gatesville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Coryell City Water Supply District
Texas · serves 6,042 people · about 360 in Gatesville
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 61.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
5 health-based violations since 2016
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Fort Gates WSC
Texas · serves 2,500 people · under 100 in Gatesville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
5 health-based violations since 2016
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Multi - County WSC
Texas · serves 3,631 people · under 100 in Gatesville
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 146 ppb, above the legal limit.
31 health-based violations since 2016
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Mountain WSC
Texas · serves 2,400 people · under 100 in Gatesville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
6 health-based violations since 2016
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The Grove WSC
Texas · serves 808 people · under 100 in Gatesville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Leon Junction WSC
Texas · serves 120 people · under 100 in Gatesville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Gatesville
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Gatesville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Bio-Chem Lab, Inc.
West, TX · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Hillsboro, TX · about 52 miles
Certified for bacteria
Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER)
Stephenville, TX · about 63 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 TexasWhich ZIP codes are in Gatesville: 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 Gatesville
Other towns in Coryell County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Gatesville’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