Is Patton Village, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Patton Village 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 Splendora.
City of Splendora, 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 Patton Village’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Splendora
Texas · serves 9,612 people · about 330 in Patton Village
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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New Caney MUD
Texas · serves 14,307 people · under 100 in Patton Village
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 3.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rio Vista Subdivision
Texas · serves 942 people · under 100 in Patton Village
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Montgomery County MUD 16 White Oak Plant
Texas · serves 627 people · under 100 in Patton Village
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
MUD stands for municipal utility district, a local water and sewer district common in Texas.
Water testing near Patton Village
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Patton Village, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Nova Biologicals, Inc.
Conroe, TX · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Utility Services, Inc.
Spring, TX · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc. -Coldspring
Coldspring, TX · about 30 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 TexasWhich ZIP codes are in Patton Village: 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 Patton Village
Other towns in Montgomery County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Splendora’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