Is City of Sugar Land - New Territory Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Fort Bend

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
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2012-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2011-07-01

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
Copper	331.55 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 480 µg/L	74/78	SYR4	2012–2017
Nitrate	130.5 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 140 µg/L	40/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.4 µg/L	24/57	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	75.4 µg/L 94% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 94.3 µg/L	21/39	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	1.66 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	15/57	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	17.08 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.3 µg/L	10/57	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	63.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 66.6 µg/L	9/57	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	119 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 140 µg/L	8/9	SYR4	2012–2015
Barium	205.2 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 210 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2015–2019
Arsenic	2.675 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2015–2019
Fluoride	567.5 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 570 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.00023 mg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	6/6	LCR	2023
Lead	2.765 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 3.18 µg/L	6/78	SYR4	2012–2017
Lithium	24.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	6/6	UCMR-5	2023
Dichloroacetic Acid	7.395 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.8 µg/L	4/39	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	8.585 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 9.2 µg/L	4/39	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	5.71 pCi/L 38% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 6 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2015
Combined Uranium	2.765 µg/L 9.2% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2015
Selenium	3.385 µg/L 6.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2015–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	2.4 pCi/L 48% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.7600 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/14	SYR4	2014–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	4.5 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2015
Monochloroacetic Acid	2 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/39	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/39	SYR4	2013–2019

85 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDibromoacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ZIMMERMAN, JOE, R
Phone: 281-275-2450

Frequently asked questions about City of Sugar Land - New Territory

Is City of Sugar Land - New Territory tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 24 contaminants in City of Sugar Land - New Territory'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 City of Sugar Land - New Territory's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Nitrate, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Bromoform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does City of Sugar Land - New Territory serve?

City of Sugar Land - New Territory reports serving 15,546 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Sugar Land - New Territory had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 4 violations on file for City of Sugar Land - New Territory, of which 0 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.