Is Rusk, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Rusk 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 Rusk, 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 Rusk’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Rusk
Texas · serves 5,602 people · about 130 in Rusk
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rusk Rural WSC Crockett St Plant
Texas · serves 1,950 people · under 100 in Rusk
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rusk Rural WSC Loop 343 Plant
Texas · serves 1,506 people · under 100 in Rusk
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dialville Oakland WSC
Texas · serves 924 people · under 100 in Rusk
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rusk Rural WSC US 69 Plant
Texas · serves 648 people · under 100 in Rusk
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rusk Rural WSC Iron Hill
Texas · serves 447 people · under 100 in Rusk
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Rusk
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Rusk, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Analytical Environmental Labs
Tyler, TX · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
Northeast Texas Public Health District Laboratory
Tyler, TX · about 41 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc.-Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches, TX · about 43 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 Rusk
Which ZIP codes are in Rusk: 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 Rusk
Other towns in Cherokee County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Rusk’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