Is Italy, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Italy has 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 Italy, 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 Italy’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Italy
Texas · serves 2,264 people · under 100 in Italy
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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South Ellis County Water Supply
Texas · serves 1,767 people · under 100 in Italy
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Coming of Christ Full Gospel Church
Texas · serves 66 people · under 100 in Italy
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Italy
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Italy, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Hillsboro, TX · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Bio-Chem Lab, Inc.
West, TX · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory
Fort Worth, TX · about 47 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 TexasZIP codes in Italy
Which ZIP codes are in Italy: 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 Italy
Other towns in Ellis County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Italy’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