Is Grand Prairie, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving Grand Prairie 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 Midlothian, Matthew Road WSC and Spring Creek Circle WSC.
City of Grand Prairie, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 82 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 Grand Prairie’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Grand Prairie
Texas · serves 201,843 people · about 177,200 in Grand Prairie
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 82 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dallas Water Utility
Texas · serves 1.4 million people · about 1,700 in Grand Prairie
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 6.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Midlothian
Texas · serves 27,699 people · about 1,100 in Grand Prairie
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Matthew Road WSC
Texas · serves 279 people · about 250 in Grand Prairie
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Spring Creek Circle WSC
Texas · serves 51 people · nearly all in Grand Prairie
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
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 Grand Prairie’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: PFOS, 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: PFOS, 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: PFOS, PFOA, Lead
Water testing near Grand Prairie
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Grand Prairie, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory
Fort Worth, TX · about 19 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 Grand Prairie: 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 Grand Prairie
Other towns in Dallas County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Grand Prairie’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOSRanked 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