Is Ingleside, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Ingleside 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 Ingleside and City of Portland.
City of Ingleside, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 82.4 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
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 Ingleside’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Ingleside
Texas · serves 10,106 people · about 7,400 in Ingleside
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 82.4 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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City of Portland
Texas · serves 22,933 people · about 2,000 in Ingleside
1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 71.8 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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City of Ingleside on the Bay
Texas · serves 610 people · about 480 in Ingleside
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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San Patricio MWD
Texas · serves 48 people · under 100 in Ingleside
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No 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 Ingleside’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana Clean Water Machine (AQ-CWM2)
Countertop
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead
Brita Hub Countertop Water Filter System (87340)
Countertop
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead
Ninja HydraSense Countertop Water Filtration System (WF1001)
Countertop
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead
Water testing near Ingleside
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Ingleside, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Corpus Christi -Nueces County Public Health District Laboratory
Corpus Christi, TX · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Victoria, TX · about 67 miles
Certified for bacteria
Victoria County Public Health Department Water Laboratory
Victoria, TX · about 67 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 Ingleside: 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 Ingleside
Other towns in San Patricio County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Ingleside’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water