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Is Sour Lake, TX tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Sour Lake, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Sour Lake has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Hardin County WCID 1.

City of Sour Lake, 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 Sour Lake’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Sour Lake

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

  • Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc. -Coldspring

    Coldspring, TX · about 54 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (936) 653-3249

  • A & B Environmental Services, Inc.

    Houston, TX · about 57 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (713) 453-6060

  • Nova Biologicals, Inc.

    Conroe, TX · about 61 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (936) 756-5333

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 Texas

ZIP codes in Sour Lake

Which ZIP codes are in Sour Lake: 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 Sour Lake

Other towns in Hardin County with a page of their own.

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