Is Port Neches, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Port Neches 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 Port Neches and City of Port Arthur.
City of Port Neches, 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 Port Neches’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Port Neches
Texas · serves 17,043 people · about 10,000 in Port Neches
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Port Arthur
Texas · serves 56,039 people · about 830 in Port Neches
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.4 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Port Neches
No lab Texas certifies is within 75 miles of Port Neches 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 TexasWhich ZIP codes are in Port Neches: 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 Neches
Other towns in Jefferson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Port Neches’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