Aqua WSC water quality

Updated 2026-10-22 · Texas · Affiliate disclosure

We read 12 results from Aqua WSC’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit; 5 above a health goal or guideline.

Serves about 86,325 people · Water system ID TX0110013 · Read the district’s 2025 report (opens in a new tab)

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Results from the 2025 report

Each number is copied from the district’s report and links to the page it’s printed on. Where the report lists several plants, wells or purchased water, the highest is shown.

ContaminantResultHealth goalLegal limitWhat it means
Cadmiumhighest measured · range ND to 2.4 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 42.4 ppb0.04 ppb5 ppbAbove the health goal60x the health goal
Gross beta (radioactivity)highest measured · range ND to 5.2 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2024 · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 45.2 pCi/L0 pCi/L50 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Lead90th percentile of homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 41.39 ppb0.2 ppb15 ppb (action level)Above the health goal7x the health goal
Radium (combined 226 + 228)highest measured · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2020 · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 43.03 pCi/L0 pCi/L5 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Thalliumhighest measured · range ND to 0.46 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 40.46 ppb0.1 ppb2 ppbAbove the health goal4.6x the health goal
Bariumhighest measured · range 0.01 to 0.04 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 40.04 ppm2 ppm2 ppmBelow the health goal
Chlorineaverage · range 0.5 to 3.98 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 41.8 ppmNone set4 ppmBelow the legal limit
Copper90th percentile of homes tested, 0 over the action level · listed as a violation in the report · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 40.14 ppm0.3 ppm1.3 ppm (action level)Below the health goal
Disinfection byproducts (HAA5)highest running annual average · range 2.8 to 8.3 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 47 ppbNone set60 ppbBelow the legal limit
Disinfection byproducts (TTHM)highest running annual average · range 12.8 to 75.4 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 454 ppbNone set80 ppbBelow the legal limit
Fluoridehighest measured · range ND to 0.44 · listed as a violation in the report · sampled 2024 · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 40.44 ppm1 ppm4 ppmBelow the health goal
Nitrate (as N)highest measured · range ND to 0.12 · listed as a violation in the report · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 40.12 ppm10 ppm10 ppmBelow the health goal

Utility results describe the whole system, measured where water enters the pipes, not your tap. Your home’s plumbing can add lead or copper.

EPA testing for PFAS and lithium

EPA’s own nationwide testing (UCMR 5) found these in Aqua WSC’s water between Apr 2024 and Oct 2024. These are EPA lab results, separate from the district’s report. Anything not listed was not detected.

  • Lithium83 ppbFound in 26 of 28 samples · highest resultAbove EPA’s health reference level of 10 ppb (a guide, not a legal limit)

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data. The highest single result is shown; one high sample doesn’t mean every glass is that high.

What you can do

Nothing here is an emergency notice: if the district has a violation, it must tell customers directly. If you’d like to lower these at your tap, these are the treatments that remove them, and the catalog shows the models certified for each. Ranking is by certified removal; commissions never change the order.

Radium and uranium

Found: Gross beta (radioactivity), Radium (combined 226 + 228)

What removes it: Reverse osmosis.

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Lead

Found: Lead

What removes it: Certified carbon block or RO.

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