Is Pecan Hill, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Pecan Hill 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 Glenn Heights, 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 Pecan Hill’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Glenn Heights
Texas · serves 18,718 people · about 470 in Pecan Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rockett SUD
Texas · serves 46,614 people · about 460 in Pecan Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Red Oak
Texas · serves 18,577 people · about 270 in Pecan Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Waxahachie
Texas · serves 50,814 people · about 240 in Pecan Hill
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.65 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Ovilla
Texas · serves 4,532 people · under 100 in Pecan Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sardis Lone Elm WSC
Texas · serves 20,736 people · under 100 in Pecan Hill
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 180 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Pecan Hill
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Pecan Hill, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Hillsboro, TX · about 35 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 Pecan Hill: 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 Hill
Other towns in Ellis County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Glenn Heights’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