Is Watauga, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Watauga 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 Fort Worth.
City of Watauga, 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 Watauga’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Watauga
Texas · serves 23,806 people · about 17,400 in Watauga
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Haltom City
Texas · serves 47,014 people · about 1,900 in Watauga
3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 7.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Fort Worth
Texas · serves 955,900 people · about 1,000 in Watauga
3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFHxS at 25.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Watauga
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Watauga, 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
Fort Worth, TX · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Tarrant County Public Health Laboratory
Fort Worth, TX · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 23 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 TexasWhich ZIP codes are in Watauga: 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 Watauga
Other towns in Tarrant County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Watauga’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