Is Montague, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Montague have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Montague Water System and Pioneer Valley Water.
Montague Water System, 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 Montague’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Montague Water System
Texas · serves 540 people · under 100 in Montague
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Pioneer Valley Water
Texas · serves 1,002 people · based in Montague
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 23.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Montague
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Montague, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Wichita Falls Wichita County Public Health District Laboratory
Wichita Falls, TX · about 49 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 64 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory
Fort Worth, TX · about 66 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 Montague
Which ZIP codes are in Montague: 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 Montague
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Montague Water System’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