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Is Midland, TX tap water safe?

10 utilities serve Midland, 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

8 of the 10 utilities serving Midland 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 Midland Water Purification Plant, Greenwood Water System, Greenwood Terrace M H Subdivision and 5 more.

City of Midland Water Purification Plant, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Arsenic at 8.6 ppb, above the 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 Midland’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Midland Water Purification Plant’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Midland

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.

No lab Texas certifies is within 75 miles of Midland on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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 Midland

Which ZIP codes are in Midland: 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.

Near Midland

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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