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Is Pecan Grove, TX tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Pecan Grove, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Texas’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 15 utilities serving Pecan 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: Tdcj Jester Unit 3.

Pecan Grove MUD, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Pecan Grove’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Pecan Grove

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Pecan Grove than those above.

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 Pecan Grove MUD’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Pecan Grove

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Texas certifies.

The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Pecan Grove, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • ALS Laboratory Group, Environmental Services Division – Houston, Texas

    Houston, TX · about 13 miles

    Certified for lead and copper

    (281) 530-5656

  • Envirodyne Laboratories, Inc.

    Houston, TX · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (281) 568-7880

  • Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Houston

    Stafford, TX · about 14 miles

    Certified for lead and copper

    (281) 240-4200

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 Texas

ZIP codes in Pecan Grove

Which ZIP codes are in Pecan 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 Pecan Grove

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