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Is Sweetwater, TX tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Sweetwater, 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.

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The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Sweetwater has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Bitter Creek WSC South.

City of Sweetwater, 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 31.6 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 Sweetwater’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Sweetwater

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 Sweetwater, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Sweetwater -Nolan County Health Department

    Sweetwater, TX · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (325) 235-5463

  • Abilene–Taylor County Public Health District

    Abilene, TX · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (325) 692-5600

  • SKG Engineering, LLC

    San Angelo, TX · about 67 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (325) 655-1288

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 Sweetwater

Which ZIP codes are in Sweetwater: 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 Sweetwater

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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