Is Lake Worth, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Lake Worth 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 Fort Worth.
City of Fort Worth, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFHxS at 25.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
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 Worth’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Fort Worth
Texas · serves 955,900 people · about 1,400 in Lake Worth
3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFHxS at 25.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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City of Lake Worth
Texas · serves 4,720 people · about 460 in Lake Worth
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 4.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Lakeside
Texas · serves 1,671 people · about 120 in Lake Worth
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 4.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Ranch Oaks Subdivision
Texas · serves 561 people · under 100 in Lake Worth
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Slay Estates
Texas · serves 270 people · under 100 in Lake Worth
Nothing in its records is above a 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 Fort Worth’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFHxS, PFOA, PFOS, Lead
Culligan 10-Cup Pitcher with ZeroWater Technology (ZEROP10)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFHxS, PFOA, PFOS, Lead
Culligan MaxClear Scout Gravity Water Filter (MCS701P)
Dispenser
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFHxS, PFOA, PFOS, Lead
Water testing near Lake Worth
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Lake Worth, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory
Fort Worth, TX · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 35 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 Lake Worth
Which ZIP codes are in Lake Worth: 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 Worth
Other towns in Tarrant County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Fort Worth’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFHxSRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water