Is Valley View, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Valley View has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Mountain Springs WSC.
Mountain Springs WSC, 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 Valley View’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Mountain Springs WSC
Texas · serves 3,756 people · under 100 in Valley View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Bolivar WSC
Texas · serves 11,901 people · under 100 in Valley View
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 56.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Valley View
Texas · serves 1,188 people · under 100 in Valley View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Valley View
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Valley View, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Allen, TX · about 34 miles
Certified for bacteria
Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. - Plano
Plano, TX · about 39 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 43 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 Valley View
Which ZIP codes are in Valley View: 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 Valley View
Other towns in Cooke County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Mountain Springs WSC’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water