Is City of Bullard Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Smith

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2026-04-16
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2025-05-15
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-11-02

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	530.4 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 650 µg/L	104/116	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate	59.375 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 70 µg/L	38/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	30.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 109 µg/L	36/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	19.43 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.3 µg/L	35/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.07 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.5 µg/L	33/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	9.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.5 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	74.52 µg/L 93% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 137 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	21.36 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 44 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	9.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34.5 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.688 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.71 µg/L	25/116	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	15/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2024
Barium	56.6 µg/L 2.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 57 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	341.2 µg/L 8.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 346 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	3.325 µg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3.6 µg/L	6/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	66.875 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 70 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	10.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	3/8	UCMR-5	2023
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	2.22 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2015–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	1.19 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	2/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Antimony, Total	0.2980 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	5.46 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1 pCi/L 20% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2014
Gross Beta Particle Activity	5.5 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Thallium, Total	0.0950 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019

85 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-PF3ONSAdonaArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: COE, SHIRLEY
Phone: 903-894-7223

Frequently asked questions about City of Bullard

Is City of Bullard tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 24 contaminants in City of Bullard'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 Bullard's water?

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

How many people does City of Bullard serve?

City of Bullard reports serving 4,500 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Bullard had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 85 violations on file for City of Bullard, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.