Is Shallowater, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 4 utilities serving Shallowater have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Town North Village Water System, Town North Estates and Country View MHP.
City of Shallowater, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 71.4 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation. 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 Shallowater’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Shallowater
Texas · serves 2,964 people · under 100 in Shallowater
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 71.4 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town North Village Water System
Texas · serves 360 people · under 100 in Shallowater
2 results above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 11.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
55 health-based violations since 2016
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Town North Estates
Texas · serves 216 people · under 100 in Shallowater
3 results above the legal limit. The worst: Uranium at 39.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
91 health-based violations since 2016
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Country View MHP
Texas · serves 54 people · under 100 in Shallowater
4 results above the legal limit. The worst: Uranium at 135 ppb, above the legal limit.
121 health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Shallowater’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Shallowater
The lab Texas certifies closest to Shallowater, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Lubbock
Lubbock, TX · about 18 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 Shallowater
Which ZIP codes are in Shallowater: 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.
What to do next
- Read City of Shallowater’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water