Is West Travis County Agency Tap Water Safe to Drink?
Short answer: In the 2023–2026 records we hold for West Travis County Agency, no listed result is above a legal limit, but 2 health-based violations are on record (EPA SDWIS). 2 substances were detected and 29 were tested and not detected. The water is from West Travis County Public Utility Agency, serving 35,664 residents.
WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY (EPA PWSID TX2270235) delivers surface water to 35,664 residents. This report reflects 29 individual PFAS result(s) from the source UCMR5 observations and the latest Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile result. Water hardness and disinfectant type are pending the utility's own annual report.
Track record
2health-based violations in the last 10 years
From EPA SDWIS. Counted once per contaminant per year, as in the Track record score. All 3 EPA filings are listed below.
Not in this recordDisinfection by-products weren't monitored in this dataset
No result is not a pass. Your utility's annual water quality report may list them, and a certified lab test covers your own tap.
Health-based violations, last 10 years
Every filing is listed; the Track record score counts at most one per contaminant per year.
The record describes water leaving treatment and samples across the system. Pipes, solder and fixtures inside a building can add lead the record can’t see, especially in older buildings with lead service lines.
Filters for the lead found in West Travis County Agency water
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Filters for the lead found in West Travis County Agency water
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Filters for the lead found in West Travis County Agency water
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Ask your utility first
Find out if your building has a lead service line
Water utilities keep an inventory of service-line materials. Ask West Travis County Public Utility Agency whether your address is on it before you replace pipes.
Your path: I live in an older buildingLead from plumbing is the main question
Older buildings may have lead service lines, solder or fixtures. West Travis County Agency’s record shows lead at 2.2 µg/L (15 µg/L federal action level). Test first-draw water, then filter if needed.
1 of 29 PFAS tested was detected in West Travis County Agency’s record (PFBA 6.5 ng/L). If PFAS matters to you, a filter certification names each compound it covers.
Look forNSF/ANSI 53 or 58, with each compound you care about named on the listing
Your path: My water tastes of chlorineThe disinfectant is not in this record
Most utilities keep chlorine or chloramine in the pipes. A carbon filter certified for taste and odor reduces either; your utility can tell you which it uses.
Is West Travis County Agency tap water safe to drink?+
PurityMap does not give a safe/unsafe verdict; it shows what the public records measured. For West Travis County Agency, PFBA 6.5 ng/L was detected, with no federal or state limit; the lead 90th-percentile result was 2.2 µg/L against the 15 µg/L action level. WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY (PWSID TX2270235) has a Purity Score of 93/100 (confidence: moderate), assessed at the water-system level and computed only from contaminants that were measured. Water can change in your own pipes, so a certified test is the only way to know what comes out of your tap. What we found →
Who provides tap water in West Travis County Agency?+
WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY (PWS ID TX2270235) is the public water system on record for West Travis County Agency, Texas, serving about 35,664 people. Confirm the utility on your water bill before acting on a specific finding. Water utility →
Where does West Travis County Agency get its drinking water?+
Surface water (primary source of record in EPA SDWIS). Water utility →
Are PFAS "forever chemicals" in West Travis County Agency's water?+
Yes. In EPA's UCMR 5 testing (2023-08-10 to 2024-05-28), PFBA was detected at 6.5 ng/L. It has no federal or state limit, so PurityMap shows it without grading it. No PFAS with a limit was detected. What we found →
Is there lead in West Travis County Agency's tap water?+
WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY's most recent lead 90th-percentile result (2026) was 2.2 µg/L, below the 15 µg/L action level. That figure comes from sampled homes; lead usually enters from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink. Your household →
What does the latest West Travis County Agency water report show?+
PurityMap's current record for West Travis County Agency holds 31 findings: 1 detected within the reference, 1 detected with no limit and 29 not detected. Each finding links to its dated public record; a parameter that was never monitored is shown as pending, not as a pass. Records →
How PurityMap reads West Travis County Agency’s water
01Source data
EPA SDWIS, EPA UCMR 5 and utility reports, each dated and linked.
02Normalize
Units converted to one basis; a non-detect kept distinct from zero.
03Classify
Each result tagged by reference type: MCL, action level, screening level or aesthetic.
04Compare to the named reference
Every value sits against its own reference, never a blended one.
05Score
Measured subjects summarised at the water-system level; an open health-based violation caps the score.
06Match treatment
Treatment is matched to what was found; a product is called certified only when its current certification names it.
What the Purity Score means: a summary of this water system’s published record, capped while a health-based violation is open. It is not a test of any tap. WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY · PWSID TX2270235 · Purity Score 93/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
Lead at West Travis County Public Utility Agency: 2.2 µg/L (90th percentile, 2026 monitoring period (still open)). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.