Is Sagemeadow Utility District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Harris

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	1981-12-14 → 1982-01-13
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1981-12-14 → 1982-12-13
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2021-01-01 → 2023-12-31

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfpea	0.0055 µg/L	5/8	2025
Pfhxa	0.0047 µg/L	4/8	2025
Pfba	0.0069 µg/L	3/8	2025
PFBS	0.0031 µg/L	2/8	2025
PFHXS	0.0031 µg/L	1/8	2025

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
Bromodichloromethane	11.94 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.8 µg/L	74/74	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	40.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 52.1 µg/L	74/74	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	30.365 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38.1 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	48.98 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 71 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	42.765 µg/L 71% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 56.5 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	11.53 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.1 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	4.81 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.6 µg/L	60/74	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	571 µg/L 44% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 640 µg/L	50/62	SYR4	2013–2017
Lead	11 µg/L 73% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 12 µg/L	48/62	SYR4	2013–2017
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.9 µg/L	36/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1075.5 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1180 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	0.5080 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6600 µg/L	20/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0046 mg/L 31% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Simazine	0.1990 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2200 µg/L	15/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	11.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.7 µg/L	10/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1380 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1470 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2015
Fluoride	556 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 570 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrite	256 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 290 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2012–2015
Barium	39.94 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 40 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2016–2019
Lithium	28.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	3/8	UCMR-5	2025
Bromoform	1.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	2/74	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	105.5 µg/L 53% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 110 µg/L	2/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	0.1890 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1900 µg/L	2/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2016

79 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, TotalArsenicBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UGross Beta Particle ActivityHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BAIER, DEAN
Phone: 713-850-9000
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Sagemeadow Utility District

Is Sagemeadow Utility District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 29 contaminants in Sagemeadow Utility District'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 Sagemeadow Utility District's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Sagemeadow Utility District serve?

Sagemeadow Utility District reports serving 6,975 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Sagemeadow Utility District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 16 violations on file for Sagemeadow Utility District, of which 2 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.