- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7.
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 20 of 20 samples, average 7.6 ppt, highest 10 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Jan 2024)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 20 samples, average 6 ppt, highest 25.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Jan 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 16 of 20 samples, average 4.4 ppt, highest 10.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Jan 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 19 of 20 samples, average 4.1 ppt, highest 6.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Jan 2024)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 20 samples, average 2.3 ppt, highest 7.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Jan 2024)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 20 samples, average 2.3 ppt, highest 8.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Jan 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 10 of 20 samples, average 2.1 ppt, highest 4.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2023–Jan 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 3 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 Fort Worth tap water? What EPA records show
EPA TX2200012 · serves Tarrant County, TX · about 955,900 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 Fort Worth (EPA TX2200012)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Fort Worth's main utility, City of Fort Worth: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (TX2200012) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for City of Fort Worth, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (TX2200012) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for City of Fort Worth (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 3 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 7.
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 Fort Worth use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in City of Fort Worth's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.