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Is Lake Cherokee, TX tap water safe?

7 utilities serve Lake Cherokee, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Texas’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

3 of the 7 utilities serving Lake Cherokee have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Elderville WSC, City of Henderson and City of Tatum.

Elderville WSC, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21.4 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 Lake Cherokee’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Lake Cherokee

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Texas certifies.

The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Lake Cherokee, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Southern Petroleum Laboratories (SPL), Inc. (FKA Ana-Lab Corporation)

    Kilgore, TX · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (903) 984-0551

  • Environmental Monitoring Lab

    Winona, TX · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 877-9222

  • Northeast Texas Public Health District Laboratory

    Tyler, TX · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 535-0090

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 Texas

ZIP codes in Lake Cherokee

Which ZIP codes are in Lake Cherokee: 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 Lake Cherokee

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