- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
- Lithium: found in 3 of 4 samples, average 8.06 µg/L, highest 11.6 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Sep 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 8.3 ppt, highest 9.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–Sep 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0 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 Jul 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2023). 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: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Chlorite, Aug 2023–Dec 2023 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Mineral Wells tap water? What EPA records show
EPA TX1820001 · serves Palo Pinto County, TX · about 15,564 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 Mineral Wells (EPA TX1820001)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Mineral Wells's main utility, City of Mineral Wells: 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 Mineral Wells, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Chlorite, Aug 2023–Dec 2023 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 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 Jul 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2023). 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 2.
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 Mineral Wells use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in City of Mineral Wells's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)