City of La Marque water quality

Updated 2026-10-24 · Texas · Affiliate disclosure

We read 1 result from City of La Marque’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit or above a health goal.

Serves about 15,154 people · Water system ID TX0840006 · 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
Nitrate (as N)highest measured · sampled 2024 · 2025 report, page 80.11 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 City of La Marque’s water between Jun 2024 and Mar 2025. These are EPA lab results, separate from the district’s report. Anything not listed was not detected.

  • PFBS3.2 pptFound in 1 of 4 samples · highest resultNo federal limit in force for this one
  • Lithium16.2 ppbFound in 3 of 4 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 in this report is above a health goal or legal limit. If you’re bothered by taste, smell, hardness or spots, or your home has older pipes, the filter catalog and buyer questions can help you pick, and a test of your own tap shows what your plumbing adds.

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