Is Waxahachie, TX tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 7 utilities serving Waxahachie has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Texas’s records: Buena Vista Bethel SUD.
City of Waxahachie, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.65 ppb, above the health goal. 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 Waxahachie’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Waxahachie
Texas · serves 50,814 people · about 10,600 in Waxahachie
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.65 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rockett SUD
Texas · serves 46,614 people · about 3,200 in Waxahachie
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Buena Vista Bethel SUD
Texas · serves 8,218 people · about 790 in Waxahachie
1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 32.8 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Sardis Lone Elm WSC
Texas · serves 20,736 people · about 420 in Waxahachie
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 180 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Nash Forreston WSC
Texas · serves 2,277 people · about 310 in Waxahachie
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lakeview Water System
Texas · serves 216 people · about 100 in Waxahachie
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Grande Casa
Texas · serves 501 people · under 100 in Waxahachie
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Waxahachie’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Waxahachie
The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to Waxahachie, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Hillsboro, TX · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Xenco, LLC -Dallas
Dallas, TX · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC -Dallas TX
Fort Worth, TX · about 36 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 Waxahachie: 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 Waxahachie
Other towns in Ellis County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Waxahachie’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water