Is Harris County Fwsd 61 Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
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
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-07-01 → 2010-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1992-07-01 → 1993-06-30

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	397.85 µg/L 31% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 536 µg/L	90/98	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	80/149	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	5.335 µg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 8.9 µg/L	74/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	190 µg/L 1.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	54/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	46/149	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.692 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 8 µg/L	29/98	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2025
Arsenic	7.75 µg/L 78% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 8.2 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	294.5 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 305 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	11/149	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	180 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 190 µg/L	11/12	SYR4	2012–2015
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.23 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	8/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	729 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 820 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2014–2017
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.23 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	8/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	9.45 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 9.6 µg/L	7/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Lithium	25.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	7/8	UCMR-5	2024
Combined Uranium	3.88 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 4 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	5 pCi/L 33% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	4/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	2.0305 pCi/L 41% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 2.1 pCi/L	2/5	SYR4	2013–2017
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	14.37 µg/L 240% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 6 µg/L worst single sample: 15 µg/L	2/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	4.2 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Xylenes, Total	1.8 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/25	SYR4	2012–2019

87 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, TotalAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloroformChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BARROSO, DARRELL
Phone: 713-652-6500

Frequently asked questions about Harris County Fwsd 61

Is Harris County Fwsd 61 tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Harris County Fwsd 61'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 Harris County Fwsd 61's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Nitrate, Bromoform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Harris County Fwsd 61 serve?

Harris County Fwsd 61 reports serving 15,400 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Harris County Fwsd 61 had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 3 violations on file for Harris County Fwsd 61, 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.