Is Pearland, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 11 utilities serving Pearland have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Robin Cove Water Subdivision and Suburban Garden Trailer Park.
City of Pearland, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 4.4 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
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 Pearland’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Pearland
Texas · serves 125,828 people · about 90,200 in Pearland
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOS at 4.4 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Pearland MUD 1
Texas · serves 5,947 people · about 3,700 in Pearland
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 23 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Brazoria County MUD 6
Texas · serves 6,926 people · about 2,800 in Pearland
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Brazoria County MUD 2
Texas · serves 3,567 people · about 2,800 in Pearland
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 26.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Brazoria County MUD 3
Texas · serves 4,230 people · about 2,500 in Pearland
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 21 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Raintree Estates
Texas · serves 489 people · nearly all in Pearland
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Frontier Water
Texas · serves 240 people · nearly all in Pearland
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Robin Cove Water Subdivision
Texas · serves 62 people · nearly all in Pearland
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Suburban Garden Trailer Park
Texas · serves 63 people · under 100 in Pearland
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.2 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Oak Hollow Mobile Home Park
Texas · serves 195 people · under 100 in Pearland
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
1 more utility in Pearland
By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Pearland than those above.
- Rr Mobile Home Parkserves 51 people · based in Pearland · no health-based violations since 2016
MUD stands for municipal utility district, a local water and sewer district common in Texas.
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Pearland’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Pearland
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Pearland, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
City of Houston Health Department, Bureau of Laboratory Services
Houston, TX · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
A & B Environmental Services, Inc.
Houston, TX · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Houston
Stafford, TX · about 16 miles
Certified for 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 Pearland: 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 Pearland
Other towns in Brazoria County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Pearland’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
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- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water