Updated 2026-10-15
County water report

Bee County Water Quality

Bee County, Texas: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

Across the county's systems

Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

LithiumCITY OF BEEVILLE10 µg/L EPA health reference level (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA47.8 µg/L
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)CITY OF BEEVILLE10 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA4.7 ng/L
Lead (90th percentile)CITY OF BEEVILLE15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA2 µg/L
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)CITY OF BEEVILLE400,000 ng/L Michigan EGLE state MCL (strictest US state) · Michigan EGLE3.4 ng/L
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)CITY OF BEEVILLENo federal or state limit; shown for transparency15.2 ng/L
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)CITY OF BEEVILLENo federal or state limit; shown for transparency3.1 ng/L
25 PFAS tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: CITY OF BEEVILLE

  • 11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
  • 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
  • 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
  • 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
  • 4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
  • 9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
  • Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
  • N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
  • N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
  • Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
  • Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
  • Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
  • Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
  • Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)
  • Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
  • Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
  • Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
  • Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
  • Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
  • Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
  • Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
  • Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
  • Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
  • Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
  • Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)
1 city

Cities ranked by the records

Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Bee CountyPFAS detected in 1 of 1 city; none had a sample above a 2024 EPA limit
4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Texas
Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Texas
Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

  1. BeevilleCITY OF BEEVILLE · TX0130001
    13,664 served
Questions

Frequently asked

How does Bee County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Bee County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Beeville's main water system: CITY OF BEEVILLE · PWSID TX0130001 · Purity Score 76 (Good) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Bee County cities had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit?

None of the 1 Bee County city report had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 1.

Is there lead in Bee County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Bee County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

Have Bee County water systems had drinking-water violations?

1 city in Bee County has a health-based violation in the federal SDWIS record within about the last ten years. Each city report lists the contaminant, year and whether it was resolved.

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