Is City of Whitehouse Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-04-01 → 2019-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-04-01 → 2019-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-04-01 → 2019-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-04-01 → 2019-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-05-01 → 2014-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-05-01 → 2014-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-05-01 → 2014-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-05-01 → 2014-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1993-11-01 → 1993-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-12-30

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
Bromodichloromethane	28.41 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.6 µg/L	74/75	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	40.475 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 53.4 µg/L	74/75	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	19.87 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23.4 µg/L	74/75	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	3.73 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.6 µg/L	68/75	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	244.85 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 411 µg/L	62/65	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	19.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.2 µg/L	61/62	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	83.9 µg/L 105% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 105 µg/L	61/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	36.6 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 45.9 µg/L	61/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	13.23 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 19.7 µg/L	60/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.365 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.3 µg/L	48/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	87.2 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 104 µg/L	42/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	4.2775 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.3 µg/L	38/65	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.07 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.9 µg/L	23/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2025
Lithium	13.8 µg/L No EPA limit set	9/12	UCMR-5	2024
Fluoride	418.2 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 450 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	18.5 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2018
Chromium	2.56 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2014–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	57.8 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 65 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.955 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2 µg/L	4/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.475 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.5 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2012–2018
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.7000 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	16.5 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2012–2019

86 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, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UGross Beta Particle ActivityHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: WANSLEY, JAMES
Phone: 903-510-7501

Frequently asked questions about City of Whitehouse

Is City of Whitehouse tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in City of Whitehouse'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 Whitehouse's water?

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

How many people does City of Whitehouse serve?

City of Whitehouse reports serving 9,571 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Whitehouse had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 20 violations on file for City of Whitehouse, of which 9 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.