Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID TX2200012
What's in Fort Worth, TX tap water
3 contaminants in Fort Worth, TX's water sat at or above a federal limit, led by PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid) at 2.6x the limit.
- !3 contaminants at or above a federal limit — worst is PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid) at 2.6x
- !1 contaminant within 20% of a limit
- !14 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 13 never appear in this report
- ✓No open federal violations
+How this score is calculated
Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.
- −60 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −4 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −0 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −2 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −8 core regulated contaminants never reported (14/27)
A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.
Full grading methodology, constant for constant →What to worry about
- PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)2.6× the federal limit25.8 ng/L · limit 10 ng/L
Regulated by the EPA at 10 parts per trillion and included in the PFAS Hazard Index.
higher than 90% of U.S. systems
- PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)2.1× the federal limit8.3 ng/L · limit 4 ng/L
Linked to cancer, liver damage, and immune effects; the EPA set an enforceable limit of 4 parts per trillion.
higher than 85% of U.S. systems
- PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid)1.8× the federal limit7.3 ng/L · limit 4 ng/L
Linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and immune effects; the EPA set an enforceable limit of 4 parts per trillion.
higher than 70% of U.S. systems
- Chloramine85% of the federal limit3.4 mg/L · limit 4 mg/L
Holds disinfection further into the pipe network, but is regulated under the same residual-disinfectant cap as chlorine.
higher than 75% of U.S. systems
+29 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| Bromate | 3.1 ug/L | 10 ug/L |
| Copper | 0.4 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Fluoride | 0.9 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Lead | 3.3 ug/L | 15 ug/L |
| HAA5 | 11 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| TTHM | 13 ug/L | 80 ug/L |
| Arsenic | 1.2 ug/L | 10 ug/L |
| Cyanide | 22.6 ug/L | 200 ug/L |
| Nitrate | 0.7 mg/L | 10 mg/L |
| Dichloroacetic acid | 4.04 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| Uranium | 1.6 ug/L | 30 ug/L |
| Chromium | 4 ug/L | 100 ug/L |
| Barium | 0.07 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Dibromoacetic acid | 1.25 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| Trichloroacetic acid | 0.06 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| Monobromoacetic acid | 0.02 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| Bromodichloromethane | 3.42 ug/L | 0 ug/L |
| Bromoform | 0 ug/L | 0 ug/L |
| Chloroform | 3.3 ug/L | 70 ug/L |
| Dibromochloromethane | 2.91 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| Total Coliform | 0.3 % | — |
| Mcaa | 1.61 ug/L | 70 ug/L |
| TOC | 1 | — |
| Turbidity | 0.35 % | — |
| Gross Beta Particle Activity | 7.5 pCi/L | — |
| PFHxA | 10.6 ng/L | — |
| PFPeA | 6.2 ng/L | — |
| PFBS | 4.8999999999999995 ng/L | — |
| PFBA | 10 ng/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
13 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Fort Worth, TX's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record
PFAS — EPA UCMR5 (2023–2025)
3 PFAS compounds above EPA limits in Fort Worth, TX
The EPA finalized the first-ever federal drinking-water limits for six PFAS compounds in April 2024. These numbers come straight from EPA's UCMR5 lab dataset — every U.S. system serving more than 3,300 people tested every PFAS sample at an entry point to its distribution system. PFAS not listed below were either tested and not detected, or not yet sampled.
PFHxS (Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid)
● Over EPA limit (2.6×)PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)
● Over EPA limit (2.1×)PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid)
● Over EPA limit (1.8×)PFHxA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFPeA
● Detected (no federal limit)PFBS
● Detected (no federal limit)PFBA
● Detected (no federal limit)Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Fort Worth, TX's drinking water comes from surface water, drawn from 6 sources.
Source
- INTAKE 9 - LK BENBROOK
- INTAKE 6 - EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE
- INTAKE 1 - LAKE WORTH
- INTAKE 2 - LAKE WORTH
- + 2 more
Treatment
- PLANT - EAGLE MOUNTAIN - PHASE I & II
- SWTP 3 - ROLLING HILLS
- SWTP 2 - SOUTH HOLLY - 1500 11TH AVE
- + 2 more
Distribution
Compliance history
Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.
- Treatment technique violationHealth-based1 violation on record · most recent Mar 2021resolved
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗