Is McQueeney, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving McQueeney have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Springs Hill SUD and City of Seguin.
Green Valley SUD, 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 41 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 McQueeney’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Green Valley SUD
Texas · serves 52,497 people · about 1,700 in McQueeney
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 41 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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New Braunfels Utilities
Texas · serves 116,477 people · about 380 in McQueeney
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Springs Hill SUD
Texas · serves 35,541 people · about 130 in McQueeney
1 result above the legal limit, 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: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 59.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
8 health-based violations since 2016
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City of Seguin
Texas · serves 32,736 people · under 100 in McQueeney
1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 49.4 ppb, above the legal limit.
3 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 Green Valley SUD’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
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: Lead
Water testing near McQueeney
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to McQueeney, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Wallgren Environmental Services dba Pollution Control Services
Universal City, TX · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center, Texas State University
San Marcos, TX · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Alamo Analytical Laboratories, Ltd.
San Antonio, TX · about 29 miles
Certified for lead and copper
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 TexasWhich ZIP codes are in McQueeney: 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 McQueeney
Other towns in Guadalupe County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Green Valley SUD’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