Is Oak Grove, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Oak Grove has 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 Kaufman, 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 Oak Grove’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Kaufman
Texas · serves 7,125 people · under 100 in Oak Grove
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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College Mound SUD
Texas · serves 11,802 people · under 100 in Oak Grove
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 5.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Gastonia Scurry SUD
Texas · serves 11,169 people · under 100 in Oak Grove
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 4.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Becker - Jiba SUD
Texas · serves 3,741 people · under 100 in Oak Grove
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Oak Grove
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Oak Grove, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. - Plano
Plano, TX · about 40 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 42 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Allen, TX · about 46 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 Oak Grove
Which ZIP codes are in Oak Grove: 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 Oak Grove
Other towns in Kaufman County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Kaufman’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