Is Mitchell County Utility Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Mitchell

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	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1993-11-01 → 1993-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31
Other	Monitoring	Archived	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31

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
Copper	170 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 210 µg/L	21/23	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	16.8 µg/L 112% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 27 µg/L	13/23	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0056 mg/L 37% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	10/10	LCR	2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	4.16 µg/L 6.9% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	2.672 pCi/L 53% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 2.7 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	1534 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1540 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Gross Beta Particle Activity	7.8 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.9 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	40 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Bromoform	1.77 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Uranium	6.665 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 6.7 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.2895 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	7.9 pCi/L 53% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 8 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	3.0595 µg/L 3.8% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Lithium	60.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2025
Chromium	2 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2016–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.5000 µg/L 8.3% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/6	SYR4	2015–2019

91 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, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloroformDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BARRY, CHUCK
Phone: 737-376-2534
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Mitchell County Utility

Is Mitchell County Utility tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 18 contaminants in Mitchell County Utility'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 Mitchell County Utility's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Lead, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Combined Radium (-226 And -228), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Mitchell County Utility serve?

Mitchell County Utility reports serving 3,612 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Mitchell County Utility had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 9 violations on file for Mitchell County Utility, of which 1 is 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.