Is Ponderosa Forest Utility District 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
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-02-26
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-02-26
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2026-02-26
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-01-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-10-01

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0070 µg/L	2/6	2025

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 single worst sample on record — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	2262 µg/L 174% of the EPA limit, in the worst sample — 1300 µg/L	156/170	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	312.7 µg/L 2085% of the EPA limit, in the worst sample — 15 µg/L	112/170	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	1470 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	44/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0085 mg/L 57% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2025
Chloroform	18 µg/L No EPA limit set	12/26	SYR4	2013–2019
Atrazine	1.8 µg/L 60% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	10/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	9/26	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1260 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2015
Dichloroacetic Acid	22 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	26.1 µg/L 44% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	8/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	392 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2014–2018
Fluoride	140 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2014–2018
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	6/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	8.5 µg/L 85% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2014–2018
TTHM	23.3 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L	5/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrite	220 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	4/9	SYR4	2012–2015
Simazine	0.3000 µg/L 7.5% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L	4/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	14.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/6	UCMR-5	2025
Cyanide	120 µg/L 60% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	3/7	SYR4	2014–2018
Dibromochloromethane	7 µg/L No EPA limit set	3/26	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	2.33 pCi/L 47% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2016–2018
Combined Uranium	1.2 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L	2/4	SYR4	2016–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	6.6 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	6 pCi/L 40% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	2/4	SYR4	2016–2018
Gross Beta Particle Activity	5.1 pCi/L No EPA limit set	2/4	SYR4	2016–2018
Bromoform	8.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/26	SYR4	2013–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	1.2 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.6 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/9	SYR4	2013–2019
Xylenes, Total	0.9000 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/17	SYR4	2015–2019

79 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, TotalAsbestosBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BECKMAN, KENNETH, L
Phone: 713-951-0800

Frequently asked questions about Ponderosa Forest Utility District

Is Ponderosa Forest Utility District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 30 contaminants in Ponderosa Forest Utility District'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 Ponderosa Forest Utility District's water?

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

How many people does Ponderosa Forest Utility District serve?

Ponderosa Forest Utility District reports serving 10,101 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Ponderosa Forest Utility District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 24 violations on file for Ponderosa Forest Utility District, 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.