Matagorda County Water Quality

Name: Matagorda County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

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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 BAY CITY10 µg/L EPA health reference level (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA20.7 µg/L

CITY OF BAY CITY20.7 µg/LSample date: 2023-09-22 to 2024-03-26

Lead (90th percentile)CITY OF BAY CITY15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA3.6 µg/L

CITY OF BAY CITY3.6 µg/LMonitoring period: 2023–2025

29 PFAS tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: CITY OF BAY CITY

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)
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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Bay CityCITY OF BAY CITY
No PFAS detectedLead below action level
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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 Matagorda CountyPFAS detected in 0 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

Bay CityCITY OF BAY CITY · TX1610001
18,061 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Matagorda County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Matagorda 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 Bay City's main water system: CITY OF BAY CITY · PWSID TX1610001 · Purity Score 88 (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 Matagorda County cities had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit?

None of the 1 Matagorda 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 0.

Is there lead in Matagorda County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Matagorda 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 Matagorda County water systems had drinking-water violations?

1 city in Matagorda 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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