Is Pendleton, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving Pendleton have 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 Troy, City of Temple and Little Elm Valley WSC.
City of Troy, 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 Pendleton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Troy
Texas · serves 4,367 people · about 130 in Pendleton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
4 health-based violations since 2016
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Elm Creek WSC
Texas · serves 4,520 people · under 100 in Pendleton
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 44 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Temple
Texas · serves 94,935 people · under 100 in Pendleton
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 4.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
22 health-based violations since 2016
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Pendleton WSC
Texas · serves 3,111 people · under 100 in Pendleton
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Little Elm Valley WSC
Texas · serves 2,127 people · under 100 in Pendleton
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.9 ppb, above the health goal.
5 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Pendleton
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Pendleton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Bio-Chem Lab, Inc.
West, TX · about 42 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Hillsboro, TX · about 59 miles
Certified for bacteria
Aqua-Tech Laboratories, Inc.
Bryan, TX · about 60 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 Pendleton: 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 Pendleton
Other towns in Bell County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Troy’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