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Is Midway North, TX tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Midway North, 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

2 of the 3 utilities serving Midway North have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: North Alamo WSC and City of Weslaco.

North Alamo WSC, which serves the most people here, has 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.

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 North’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 North Alamo WSC’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 Midway North

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.

The lab Texas certifies closest to Midway North, 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 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (956) 364-8746

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.

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ZIP codes in Midway North

Which ZIP codes are in Midway North: 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.

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