Is Plum Grove, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Plum 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.
City of Cleveland, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Plum Grove’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Cleveland
Texas · serves 12,438 people · under 100 in Plum Grove
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Tarkington SUD
Texas · serves 5,265 people · under 100 in Plum Grove
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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South Cleveland WSC
Texas · serves 3,000 people · under 100 in Plum Grove
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Grand San Jacinto Water System
Texas · serves 6,174 people · under 100 in Plum Grove
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Cleveland’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: 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: 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: Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Plum Grove
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Plum Grove, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc. -Coldspring
Coldspring, TX · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Nova Biologicals, Inc.
Conroe, TX · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Utility Services, Inc.
Spring, TX · about 38 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 TexasZIP codes in Plum Grove
Which ZIP codes are in Plum 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 Plum Grove
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Cleveland’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water