Is City of Marshall Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

146

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-06-01 → 2025-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-06-01 → 2025-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-06-01 → 2025-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-06-01 → 2025-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-03-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-03-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-03-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-03-01 → 2022-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-02-01 → 2021-02-28
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-02-01 → 2021-02-28

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfpea	0.0072 µg/L	1/3	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 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
Bromodichloromethane	26.39 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34.5 µg/L	115/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	80.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 132.3 µg/L	115/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.32 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.9 µg/L	113/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	40.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51.4 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	104.14 µg/L 130% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 160.7 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	68.41 µg/L 114% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 98.6 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	23.81 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 42.1 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	147.5 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 750 µg/L	86/95	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.825 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.5 µg/L	68/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.24 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	33/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	22.4 µg/L 149% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 45 µg/L	27/95	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	301 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0021 mg/L 14% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2022
Fluoride	506.9 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 530 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	65 µg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 71 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Cyanide	42.1145 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 43.9 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	22 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2013
Selenium	2.27 µg/L 4.5% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019

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, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UGross Beta Particle ActivityHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WARE, AMY
Phone: 903-935-4421
Email: ware.amy@marshalltexas.net

Frequently asked questions about City of Marshall

Is City of Marshall tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in City of Marshall'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 City of Marshall's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does City of Marshall serve?

City of Marshall reports serving 23,091 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Marshall had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 146 violations on file for City of Marshall, of which 65 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 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.