Is City of Pasadena El Cary Estates 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
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2022-01-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-04-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-04-01

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	856 µg/L 66% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	45/60	SYR4	2013–2017
Lead	38.32 µg/L 255% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 148 µg/L	45/60	SYR4	2013–2017
Bromodichloromethane	16.05 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.9 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	40.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51.7 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	51.05 µg/L 64% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 88.6 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	47.8 µg/L 80% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 71.4 µg/L	31/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	33.695 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 48.4 µg/L	30/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	14.08 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.7 µg/L	29/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.765 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.7 µg/L	28/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.9 µg/L	27/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2025
Bromoform	2.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3 µg/L	9/31	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/31	SYR4	2012–2019

1 contaminants tested, none detected

Monobromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: SCHOENBEIN, THOMAS
Phone: 713-475-5545
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about City of Pasadena El Cary Estates

Is City of Pasadena El Cary Estates tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in City of Pasadena El Cary Estates'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 Pasadena El Cary Estates's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does City of Pasadena El Cary Estates serve?

City of Pasadena El Cary Estates reports serving 1,470 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Pasadena El Cary Estates had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 22 violations on file for City of Pasadena El Cary Estates, of which 0 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 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.