- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 5.
- Lithium: found in 3 of 24 samples, average 1.73 µg/L, highest 17 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 6 of 24 samples, average 0.80 ppt, highest 3.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 24 samples, average 0.50 ppt, highest 3.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 24 samples, average 0.40 ppt, highest 10.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 24 samples, average 0.10 ppt, highest 3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.7 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink New Braunfels tap water? What EPA records show
EPA TX0460001 · serves Comal County, TX · about 116,477 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
New Braunfels Utilities (EPA TX0460001)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For New Braunfels's main utility, New Braunfels Utilities: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (TX0460001) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for New Braunfels Utilities, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (TX0460001) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for New Braunfels Utilities (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.7 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 5.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does New Braunfels Utilities use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for New Braunfels Utilities. EPA record