Is Holly Lake Ranch, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Holly Lake Ranch have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Fouke WSC and Jarvis Christian University.
Holly Lake Ranch, 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 Holly Lake Ranch’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Holly Lake Ranch
Texas · serves 3,540 people · about 250 in Holly Lake Ranch
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fouke WSC
Texas · serves 7,668 people · about 240 in Holly Lake Ranch
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 63.6 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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City of Hawkins
Texas · serves 1,302 people · about 110 in Holly Lake Ranch
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jarvis Christian University
Texas · serves 500 people · under 100 in Holly Lake Ranch
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.6 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Holly Lake Ranch
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Holly Lake Ranch, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Winona, TX · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Northeast Texas Public Health District Laboratory
Tyler, TX · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Southern Petroleum Laboratories (SPL), Inc. (FKA Ana-Lab Corporation)
Kilgore, TX · about 28 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 TexasZIP codes in Holly Lake Ranch
Which ZIP codes are in Holly Lake Ranch: 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 Holly Lake Ranch
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Holly Lake Ranch’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