Is City of Longview Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Gregg

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
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-01-01 → 2026-01-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-01-01 → 2026-01-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-01-01 → 2026-01-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-01-01 → 2026-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2005-03-01 → 2005-03-31

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
Chlorite	450 µg/L 45% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 708 µg/L	371/469	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	51.195 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 146 µg/L	262/265	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	24.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.93 µg/L	245/265	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	20 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.2 µg/L	241/241	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	29.5 µg/L 49% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 41.2 µg/L	241/241	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	81.49 µg/L 102% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 111.3 µg/L	239/244	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.7 µg/L	198/241	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	18.051 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 33.9 µg/L	163/265	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.7 µg/L	149/241	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.7 µg/L	110/241	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	39.5 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 102 µg/L	103/107	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.3 µg/L	61/241	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	336 µg/L 3.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 340 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	9.214 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.9 µg/L	53/265	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	12.9385 µg/L 86% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 28.7 µg/L	34/107	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	766.1 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 948 µg/L	24/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	72.97 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 79 µg/L	22/22	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2024
Cyanide	147.5 µg/L 74% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 172 µg/L	11/18	SYR4	2014–2019
Chromium	1.109 µg/L 1.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 1.15 µg/L	3/22	SYR4	2013–2019
Selenium	2.67 µg/L 5.3% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	3/22	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	0.7571 µg/L 7.6% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 0.7600 µg/L	2/22	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromate	2.06 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/84	SYR4	2013–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.9000 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	4.4 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2017
Nitrite	19.5 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2013

83 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, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ISHIHARA, KRISTEN
Phone: 903-237-1021

Frequently asked questions about City of Longview

Is City of Longview tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 26 contaminants in City of Longview'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 Longview's water?

EPA monitoring detected Chlorite, Chloroform, Bromodichloromethane, Dichloroacetic 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 Longview serve?

City of Longview reports serving 83,236 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Longview had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 5 violations on file for City of Longview, 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.