Is Navasota, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
6 of the 8 utilities serving Navasota 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 Navasota, G & W WSC, Dobbin Plantersville WSC 2 and 3 more.
City of Navasota, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 79.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a 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 Navasota’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Navasota
Texas · serves 8,068 people · about 220 in Navasota
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 79.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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G & W WSC
Texas · serves 1,650 people · about 110 in Navasota
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 11.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
50 health-based violations since 2016
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Dobbin Plantersville WSC 2
Texas · serves 2,766 people · under 100 in Navasota
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.2 ppb, above the health goal.
7 health-based violations since 2016
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Tdcj Luther Units
Texas · serves 1,431 people · under 100 in Navasota
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
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Wellborn SUD
Texas · serves 25,092 people · under 100 in Navasota
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 45.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Tdcj Pack Unit
Texas · serves 1,597 people · under 100 in Navasota
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Arsenic at 23.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
17 health-based violations since 2016
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Grassy Creek Mobile Home Park
Texas · serves 183 people · under 100 in Navasota
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.93 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Shady Oaks MHP
Texas · serves 174 people · under 100 in Navasota
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Navasota
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Navasota, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Aqua-Tech Laboratories, Inc.
Bryan, TX · about 34 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Nova Biologicals, Inc.
Conroe, TX · about 36 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Utility Services, Inc.
Spring, TX · about 40 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 Navasota
Which ZIP codes are in Navasota: 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 Navasota
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Navasota’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water