Is Amarillo Municipal Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

400

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-11-01 → 2015-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-11-01 → 2015-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-11-01 → 2015-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-11-01 → 2015-11-30

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0053 µg/L	1/20	2024

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	127.5 µg/L 9.8% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 560 µg/L	182/236	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	24.1 µg/L 40% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 35.1 µg/L	171/242	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	24.01 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 47 µg/L	164/283	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	16.99 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.1 µg/L	162/283	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	21.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39.7 µg/L	161/283	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	63.48 µg/L 79% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 87.9 µg/L	139/245	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	12.39 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.6 µg/L	138/283	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	11.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.1 µg/L	126/242	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	7.74 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.4 µg/L	119/242	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.4 µg/L	91/242	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	8.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.1 µg/L	88/242	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.5 µg/L	87/242	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.375 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 83 µg/L	46/236	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	44.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	20/20	UCMR-5	2024
Lead	0.0010 mg/L 6.8% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2025
Bromate	20.81 µg/L 208% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10 µg/L worst single sample: 22.4 µg/L	4/83	SYR4	2013–2019

28 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: STANLEY, COLE
Phone: 806-584-6175
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Amarillo Municipal Water

Is Amarillo Municipal Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Amarillo Municipal Water'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 Amarillo Municipal Water's water?

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

How many people does Amarillo Municipal Water serve?

Amarillo Municipal Water reports serving 201,291 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Amarillo Municipal Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 400 violations on file for Amarillo Municipal Water, 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.