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Texas Water Quality Ratings

TapWaterSafety has rated 89 public water systems in Texas, serving a combined 28,019,089 residents. The statewide average grade is D.

Data sources: EPA SDWIS EPA ECHO EWG Tap Water Database Utility CCRs ⓘ How did we get these ratings?
State average grade
D
66/100
Total utilities rated 89
Population served 28,019,089
Most recent test 2024
🇪🇺 Would fail EU standards 45 of 89

Top water quality concerns in Texas

  • Haloacetic acids (HAA9) significantly above health guideline
  • Bromochloroacetic acid significantly above health guideline
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) significantly above health guideline
  • PFAS contamination
  • Arsenic significantly above health guideline

Grade distribution

A
1 (1%)
B
15 (17%)
C
37 (42%)
D
26 (29%)
F
10 (11%)

All rated utilities in Texas

Sorted by score, highest first. Click any utility to see the full grade card.

Rank Utility City Population Score Grade
#1 San Antonio Department of Public Works San Antonio 1,547,000 86 A
#2 City of Arlington Water Department Arlington 398,000 83 B
#3 Plano Department of Public Works Plano 288,000 83 B
#4 Irving Water Authority Irving 240,000 83 B
#5 Fort Worth Department of Public Works Fort Worth 918,000 82 B
#6 Garland Municipal Water System Garland 240,000 82 B
#7 Laredo Water Utilities Laredo 256,000 81 B
#8 CITY OF BRYAN BRYAN 87,816 80 B
#9 Dallas Water Utilities Dallas 1,343,000 80 B
#10 CITY OF DENTON DENTON 150,037 79 B
#11 CITY OF HOUSTON UD 5 - KINGWOOD HOUSTON 80,073 78 B
#12 CITY OF CONROE CONROE 113,912 78 B
#13 Austin Municipal Water System Austin 978,000 78 B
#14 CITY OF LONGVIEW LONGVIEW 83,236 76 B
#15 SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM SAN ANTONIO 2,113,151 75 B
#16 CITY OF MANSFIELD MANSFIELD 77,142 75 B
#17 CITY OF COLLEGE STATION COLLEGE STATION 104,103 73 C
#18 CITY OF LEWISVILLE LEWISVILLE 140,880 72 C
#19 CITY OF BEAUMONT WATER UTILITY DEPT BEAUMONT 115,282 72 C
#20 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CORPUS CHRISTI 318,387 72 C
#21 CITY OF EULESS EULESS 61,601 72 C
#22 Corpus Christi Municipal Water System Corpus Christi 326,000 72 C
#23 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS COLLEGE STATION 61,000 71 C
#24 CITY OF MCKINNEY MCKINNEY 224,043 71 C
#25 CITY OF LEAGUE CITY LEAGUE CITY 128,412 71 C
#26 El Paso Municipal Water System El Paso 681,000 71 C
#27 CITY OF KILLEEN KILLEEN 151,261 70 C
#28 CITY OF FRISCO FRISCO 231,910 70 C
#29 CITY OF PLANO PLANO 292,059 70 C
#30 CITY OF RICHARDSON RICHARDSON 122,615 70 C
#31 SOUTHERN UTILITIES TYLER 69,735 70 C
#32 CITY OF ROUND ROCK ROUND ROCK 130,662 70 C
#33 Lubbock Water Utilities Lubbock 258,000 70 C
#34 AQUA WSC BASTROP 86,325 69 C
#35 CITY OF MESQUITE MESQUITE 152,020 69 C
#36 TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND FLOWER MOUND 80,000 69 C
#37 CITY OF SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS 72,970 69 C
#38 CITY OF ARLINGTON ARLINGTON 413,955 69 C
#39 CITY OF ALLEN ALLEN 104,870 68 C
#40 CITY OF GARLAND GARLAND 248,822 68 C
#41 CITY OF PORT ARTHUR PORT ARTHUR 56,039 68 C
#42 JOHNSON COUNTY SUD JOSHUA 65,517 68 C
#43 Houston Water Utilities Houston 2,304,000 68 C
#44 CITY OF EAGLE PASS EAGLE PASS 54,900 67 C
#45 CITY OF TYLER TYLER 107,000 67 C
#46 CITY OF AUSTIN WATER & WASTEWATER AUSTIN 1,115,323 67 C
#47 CITY OF WICHITA FALLS WICHITA FALLS 102,316 67 C
#48 NEW BRAUNFELS UTILITIES NEW BRAUNFELS 116,477 66 C
#49 CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE GRAND PRAIRIE 201,843 66 C
#50 CITY OF LEANDER LEANDER 98,330 66 C
#51 CITY OF ROWLETT ROWLETT 66,212 65 C
#52 MUSTANG SUD AUBREY 110,826 65 C
#53 CITY OF CEDAR PARK CEDAR PARK 86,939 65 C
#54 BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD BROWNSVILLE 201,249 64 D
#55 CITY OF PHARR PHARR 79,715 64 D
#56 SHARYLAND WSC MISSION 68,562 64 D
#57 CITY OF VICTORIA VICTORIA 66,932 64 D
#58 CITY OF TEXAS CITY TEXAS CITY 54,357 63 D
#59 CITY OF SUGAR LAND SUGAR LAND 90,909 62 D
#60 CITY OF BAYTOWN BAYTOWN 86,004 62 D
#61 DALLAS WATER UTILITY DALLAS 1,356,479 61 D
#62 CITY OF WACO WACO 146,241 61 D
#63 CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS NORTH RICHLAND HILLS 74,859 61 D
#64 HARLINGEN WATER WORKS SYSTEM HARLINGEN 85,900 60 D
#65 CITY OF DESOTO DESOTO 57,999 60 D
#66 CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE PFLUGERVILLE 63,464 60 D
#67 CITY OF IRVING IRVING 264,546 59 D
#68 CITY OF MISSION MISSION 77,058 59 D
#69 CITY OF TEMPLE TEMPLE 94,935 58 D
#70 CITY OF CARROLLTON CARROLLTON 136,170 58 D
#71 CITY OF BURLESON BURLESON 53,381 58 D
#72 CITY OF FORT WORTH FORT WORTH 955,900 58 D
#73 CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSTON 2,970,543 57 D
#74 MCALLEN PUBLIC UTILITY MCALLEN 189,957 57 D
#75 LUBBOCK PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM LUBBOCK 275,041 57 D
#76 CLEAR LAKE CITY WATER AUTHORITY HOUSTON 89,702 56 D
#77 AMARILLO MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM AMARILLO 201,291 56 D
#78 CITY OF ABILENE ABILENE 125,182 56 D
#79 CITY OF PEARLAND PEARLAND 125,828 55 D
#80 CITY OF ODESSA ODESSA 123,334 54 F
#81 CITY OF GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN 191,639 53 F
#82 EL PASO WATER UTILITIES PUBLIC SERVICE B EL PASO 747,168 52 F
#83 CITY OF SAN ANGELO SAN ANGELO 105,229 51 F
#84 LOWER VALLEY WATER DISTRICT CLINT 59,049 50 F
#85 CITY OF PASADENA PASADENA 152,000 50 F
#86 NORTH ALAMO WSC EDINBURG 171,195 50 F
#87 CITY OF LAREDO LAREDO 260,046 50 F
#88 CITY OF EDINBURG EDINBURG 85,224 49 F
#89 CITY OF MIDLAND WATER PURIFICATION PLANT MIDLAND 157,000 44 F