Is Midway, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Midway have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Tdcj Ferguson Unit and City of Midway.
Tdcj Ferguson Unit, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Texas’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Midway’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Tdcj Ferguson Unit
Texas · serves 3,043 people · under 100 in Midway
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Midway
Texas · serves 173 people · under 100 in Midway
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 105 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Midway
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Midway, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Chaparral Laboratories, Inc.
Huntsville, TX · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc. -Coldspring
Coldspring, TX · about 40 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Nova Biologicals, Inc.
Conroe, TX · about 48 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 Midway
Which ZIP codes are in Midway: 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 Midway
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Tdcj Ferguson Unit’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water