Is Schertz, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Schertz 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 Schertz, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Schertz’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Schertz
Texas · serves 41,948 people · about 22,800 in Schertz
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Selma
Texas · serves 11,418 people · about 7,700 in Schertz
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 19 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Cibolo
Texas · serves 20,331 people · about 3,100 in Schertz
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 37 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Green Valley SUD
Texas · serves 52,497 people · about 3,000 in Schertz
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 41 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Pecan Grove Mobile Home Park
Texas · serves 467 people · about 350 in Schertz
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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New Braunfels Utilities
Texas · serves 116,477 people · about 280 in Schertz
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Schertz
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Schertz, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Wallgren Environmental Services dba Pollution Control Services
Universal City, TX · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Alamo Analytical Laboratories, Ltd.
San Antonio, TX · about 17 miles
Certified for lead and copper
San Antonio Testing Laboratory, LLC
San Antonio, TX · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
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 Schertz: 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 Schertz
Other towns in Guadalupe County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Schertz’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