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Is Port Arthur, TX tap water safe?

City of Port Arthur serves Port Arthur, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Texas’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

City of Port Arthur serves Port Arthur. In EPA’s and Texas’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Port Arthur’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Port Arthur

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.

No lab Texas certifies is within 75 miles of Port Arthur on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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 Port Arthur

Which ZIP codes are in Port Arthur: 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.

Near Port Arthur

Other towns in Jefferson County with a page of their own.

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