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Is Van Alstyne, TX tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Van Alstyne, 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

None of the 3 utilities serving Van Alstyne 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 Van Alstyne, 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 33.7 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 Van Alstyne’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Van Alstyne’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 Van Alstyne

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 Van Alstyne, 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 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (972) 727-1123

  • Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. - Plano

    Plano, TX · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (972) 424-6422

  • Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas

    Dallas, TX · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (281) 240-4200

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 Van Alstyne

Which ZIP codes are in Van Alstyne: 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 Van Alstyne

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