Is City of Fredericksburg Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	Unaddressed	2025-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-10-01
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-12-30

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
Copper	240.6 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 985 µg/L	268/274	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	8.836 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 47 µg/L	224/274	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	18.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.9 µg/L	113/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.4 µg/L	105/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	6.14 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 32.6 µg/L	105/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	9.355 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.1 µg/L	104/115	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	29.695 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 34.9 µg/L	104/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.5 µg/L	66/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	2190 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 8300 µg/L	52/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00050 mg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	22/22	LCR	2025
Nitrate-Nitrite	3650 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 8300 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2015
Barium	124.75 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 127 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2016–2019
Selenium	7.46 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 7.7 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2016–2019
Fluoride	860.5 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 880 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Lithium	18.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	3/4	UCMR-5	2024
Arsenic	2.295 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2016–2019
Combined Uranium	2.465 µg/L 8.2% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2017
Dichloroacetic Acid	21.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.5 µg/L	2/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	4.9 pCi/L 33% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 5 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2017
Gross Beta Particle Activity	6.68 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.8 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.885 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5 µg/L	2/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	7.27 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	2/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.9200 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/105	SYR4	2012–2019

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 TetrachlorideChlordaneChloroformChromiumCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: HOOVER, JERYL
Phone: 830-456-9550

Frequently asked questions about City of Fredericksburg

Is City of Fredericksburg tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 24 contaminants in City of Fredericksburg'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 Fredericksburg's water?

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

How many people does City of Fredericksburg serve?

City of Fredericksburg reports serving 11,257 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Fredericksburg had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 34 violations on file for City of Fredericksburg, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.