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Is Roma, TX tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Roma, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Texas’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Roma 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 Roma and El Sauz WSC.

City of Roma, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 38.4 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 Roma’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Roma

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.

The lab Texas certifies closest to Roma, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • City of Laredo Health Department Lab

    Laredo, TX · about 73 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (956) 795-4908

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.

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ZIP codes in Roma

Which ZIP codes are in Roma: 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.

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