Is New London, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
4 of the 6 utilities serving New London 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 New London, City of Overton, Jacobs WSC Plants 1 & 2 and 1 more.
City of New London, 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 New London’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of New London
Texas · serves 2,484 people · about 470 in New London
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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City of Overton
Texas · serves 2,275 people · about 170 in New London
2 results above the legal limit and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 84.7 ppb, above the legal limit.
8 health-based violations since 2016
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Jacobs WSC Plants 1 & 2
Texas · serves 819 people · under 100 in New London
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Wright City WSC 1
Texas · serves 1,350 people · under 100 in New London
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 172 ppb, above the legal limit.
46 health-based violations since 2016
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Leveretts Chapel WSC
Texas · serves 705 people · under 100 in New London
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 87.5 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Pleasant Hill WSC
Texas · serves 1,002 people · under 100 in New London
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near New London
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to New London, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Southern Petroleum Laboratories (SPL), Inc. (FKA Ana-Lab Corporation)
Kilgore, TX · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Winona, TX · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Analytical Environmental Labs
Tyler, TX · about 23 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 TexasWhich ZIP codes are in New London: 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 New London
Other towns in Rusk County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of New London’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