Is Morgan's Point Resort, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
4 of the 6 utilities serving Morgan's Point Resort have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: 439 WSC, City of Morgans Point Resort, Dog Ridge WSC and 1 more.
City of Belton, 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 Morgan's Point Resort’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Belton
Texas · serves 23,054 people · about 620 in Morgan's Point Resort
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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439 WSC
Texas · serves 7,836 people · about 130 in Morgan's Point Resort
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 13.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
7 health-based violations since 2016
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City of Morgans Point Resort
Texas · serves 5,000 people · about 120 in Morgan's Point Resort
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
7 health-based violations since 2016
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Dog Ridge WSC
Texas · serves 4,100 people · about 120 in Morgan's Point Resort
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 19 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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City of Temple
Texas · serves 94,935 people · under 100 in Morgan's Point Resort
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 4.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
22 health-based violations since 2016
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Armstrong WSC
Texas · serves 3,285 people · under 100 in Morgan's Point Resort
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Morgan's Point Resort
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Morgan's Point Resort, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Integrity Testing, Inc.
Austin, TX · about 47 miles
Certified for lead and copper
Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section
Austin, TX · about 52 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Bio-Chem Lab, Inc.
West, TX · about 55 miles
Certified for bacteria, 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 TexasZIP codes in Morgan's Point Resort
Which ZIP codes are in Morgan's Point Resort: 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 Morgan's Point Resort
Other towns in Bell County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Belton’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