- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 5.
- Lithium: found in 4 of 4 samples, average 13.9 µg/L, highest 15.3 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Aug 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 51 ppt, highest 82.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Aug 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 4 samples, average 13.3 ppt, highest 22.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Aug 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 4 samples, average 3.2 ppt, highest 5.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Aug 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 4 samples, average 2.6 ppt, highest 3.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Aug 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0.6 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.
- Health-based violation: Total Coliform Rules, Revised Total Coliform Rule, Jul 2023–Oct 2023 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Texas City tap water? What EPA records show
EPA TX0840008 · serves Galveston County, TX · about 61,541 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
City of Texas City (EPA TX0840008)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Texas City's main utility, City of Texas City: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for City of Texas City, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Total Coliform Rules, Revised Total Coliform Rule, Jul 2023–Oct 2023 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0.6 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.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does City of Texas City use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for City of Texas City. EPA record
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)