City of San Angelo water quality

Updated 2026-10-22 · Texas · Affiliate disclosure

We read 13 results from City of San Angelo’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit; 3 above a health goal or guideline.

Serves about 101,004 people · Water system ID TX2260001 · 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
Gross beta (radioactivity)highest measured · sampled 2022 · Treated water · 2025 report, page 511.8 pCi/L0 pCi/L50 pCi/LAbove the health goalThe health goal is zero
Lead90th percentile of homes tested, 2 over the action level · sampled 2024 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 43.95 ppb0.2 ppb15 ppb (action level)Above the health goal20x the health goal
Uraniumhighest measured · sampled 2022 · Treated water · 2025 report, page 52.9 ppb0.6 ppb30 ppbAbove the health goal4.8x the health goal
Bariumhighest measured · Treated water · 2025 report, page 50.11 ppm2 ppm2 ppmBelow the health goal
Chloramineaverage · range 0.52 to 5.8 · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 63 ppmNone set4 ppmBelow the legal limit
Copper90th percentile of homes tested, 0 over the action level · sampled 2024 · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 40.13 ppm0.3 ppm1.3 ppm (action level)Below the health goal
Cyanidehighest measured · Treated water · 2025 report, page 565.1 ppb150 ppb200 ppbBelow the health goal
Disinfection byproducts (HAA5)highest running annual average · range 16 to 26 · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 421 ppbNone set60 ppbBelow the legal limit
Disinfection byproducts (TTHM)highest running annual average · range 65 to 77 · Distribution system · 2025 report, page 471 ppbNone set80 ppbBelow the legal limit
Fluoridehighest measured · Treated water · 2025 report, page 50.8 ppm1 ppm4 ppmBelow the health goal
Nitrate (as N)highest measured · Treated water · 2025 report, page 50.47 ppm10 ppm10 ppmBelow the health goal
Turbidity (cloudiness)highest measured · Treatment plant · 2025 report, page 60.7 NTUNone set1 NTUBelow the legal limit
Dibromochloromethanehighest measured · range 7.42 to 19.6 · Treated water · 2025 report, page 519.6 ppbNone setNoneNo health limit

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 San Angelo’s water between Apr 2023 and Jan 2024. These are EPA lab results, separate from the district’s report. Anything not listed was not detected.

  • PFHxS9.7 pptFound in 4 of 4 samples · highest resultNo federal limit in force for this one
  • PFBS8.4 pptFound in 4 of 4 samples · highest resultNo federal limit in force for this one
  • Lithium50.1 ppbFound in 4 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 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), Uranium

What removes it: Reverse osmosis.

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Lead

Found: Lead

What removes it: Certified carbon block or RO.

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