Is Webb Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Houston

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-03-01 → 1997-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-03-01 → 1997-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1980-09-30 → 1981-09-29
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2023-01-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	635 µg/L 6.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 640 µg/L	22/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0027 mg/L 18% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2025
Copper	187 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 242 µg/L	12/19	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	8.7595 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 9.48 µg/L	12/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.616 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 1.68 µg/L	9/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	3.175 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.21 µg/L	8/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.695 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.74 µg/L	6/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	2.96 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3.37 µg/L	5/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.0215 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.05 µg/L	4/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	484 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 490 µg/L	4/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	0.7000 pCi/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2016–2019
Barium	15 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylbenzene	0.7500 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	3 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	1/19	SYR4	2012–2019

60 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinFluorideGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: THOMAS, BILL
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Webb Water

Is Webb Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Webb Water's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Webb Water's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Lead, Copper, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Webb Water serve?

Webb Water reports serving 1,521 people in Alabama, per its EPA record.

Has Webb Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 49 violations on file for Webb Water, of which 3 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.