Is Jacinto City, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Jacinto City 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 Houston.
City of Jacinto City, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 23.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Jacinto City’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Jacinto City
Texas · serves 9,613 people · about 1,700 in Jacinto City
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 23.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Houston
Texas · serves 3 million people · about 1,300 in Jacinto City
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Jacinto City’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Jacinto City
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Jacinto City, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
A & B Environmental Services, Inc.
Houston, TX · under a mile
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
City of Houston Health Department, Bureau of Laboratory Services
Houston, TX · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins EMLab P&K – Houston
Houston, TX · about 21 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 Jacinto City
Which ZIP codes are in Jacinto City: 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 Jacinto City
Other towns in Harris County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Jacinto City’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