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Is The Woodlands, TX tap water safe?

15 utilities serve The Woodlands, 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

3 of the 15 utilities serving The Woodlands have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Montgomery County MUD 47, Montgomery County MUD 60 and Montgomery County MUD 7.

Montgomery County MUD 47, 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 19.9 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 The Woodlands’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in The Woodlands

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in The Woodlands than those above.

  • Montgomery County WCID 1serves 7,070 people · about 1,900 in The Woodlands · no health-based violations since 2016
  • The Woodlands Metro Center MUDserves 1,725 people · nearly all in The Woodlands · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Montgomery County MUD 19serves 4,422 people · about 1,700 in The Woodlands · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Northampton MUDserves 12,162 people · about 1,500 in The Woodlands · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Old Egypt Subdivisionserves 8,442 people · about 950 in The Woodlands · no health-based violations since 2016

MUD stands for municipal utility district, a local water and sewer district common in Texas.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Montgomery County MUD 47’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near The Woodlands

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

  • Water Utility Services, Inc.

    Spring, TX · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (281) 290-0704

  • Nova Biologicals, Inc.

    Conroe, TX · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (936) 756-5333

  • Eurofins EMLab P&K – Houston

    Houston, TX · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (281) 940-2580

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 The Woodlands

Which ZIP codes are in The Woodlands: 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 The Woodlands

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

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