Is Hutto, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Hutto have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Jonah Water SUD and Manville WSC.
City of Hutto, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 34.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Hutto’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Hutto
Texas · serves 29,580 people · about 3,800 in Hutto
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 34.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Jonah Water SUD
Texas · serves 29,861 people · about 1,200 in Hutto
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 5.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Williamson County Wsid 3
Texas · serves 8,265 people · about 830 in Hutto
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 71.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Manville WSC
Texas · serves 39,648 people · about 690 in Hutto
1 result above the legal limit, 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 76.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
5 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Hutto
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Hutto, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Integrity Testing, Inc.
Austin, TX · about 17 miles
Certified for lead and copper
Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section
Austin, TX · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Aqua-Tech Laboratories, Inc.
Austin, TX · about 29 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 Hutto
Which ZIP codes are in Hutto: 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 Hutto
Other towns in Williamson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Hutto’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water