Is Stockdale, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Stockdale 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 Stockdale.
Sunko WSC, 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 64.3 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 Stockdale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Sunko WSC
Texas · serves 5,064 people · under 100 in Stockdale
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 64.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Stockdale
Texas · serves 1,201 people · under 100 in Stockdale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.5 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Sunko WSC’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Stockdale
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Stockdale, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
San Antonio, TX · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria
Wallgren Environmental Services dba Pollution Control Services
Universal City, TX · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
San Antonio Testing Laboratory, LLC
San Antonio, TX · about 38 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 TexasZIP codes in Stockdale
Which ZIP codes are in Stockdale: 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 Stockdale
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Sunko WSC’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