Is Llano Grande, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Llano Grande 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 Weslaco and North Alamo WSC.
City of Weslaco, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 5.9 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 Llano Grande’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Weslaco
Texas · serves 40,033 people · about 1,000 in Llano Grande
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 5.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Military Hwy WSC Progreso
Texas · serves 12,198 people · about 170 in Llano Grande
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 92.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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North Alamo WSC
Texas · serves 171,195 people · about 120 in Llano Grande
1 result above the legal limit, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 46.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
5 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 Weslaco’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: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
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: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
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: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Llano Grande
The lab Texas certifies closest to Llano Grande, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Texas Department of State Health Services South Texas Laboratory
Harlingen, TX · about 15 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 Llano Grande
Which ZIP codes are in Llano Grande: 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 Llano Grande
Other towns in Hidalgo County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Weslaco’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOSRanked 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