Public water system
Clear Springs Water District
Contaminants this utility reported to the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, shown with full provenance — sample date, testing agency, unit, and the legal maximum contaminant level. Data reflects utility-level reporting and cannot detect contamination introduced by your home’s own plumbing.
- PWSID
- TX0610001EPA system ID
- Location
- TXTravis County, TX
- Population served
- 42,000Population served
- Primary source
- GWPrimary sourceGroundwater
Data as of July 1, 2026 · Source: EPA SDWIS / state primacy agency
Reported contaminants
Every value is compared against its federal maximum contaminant level (MCL) — the enforceable legal limit — and its health goal (MCLG), the level at which no known health effects occur. Select a contaminant name for its full reference entry, or “Health effects” for the documented basis of its limit.
- Within limits
Nitrate
Inorganic
- Reported value
- 3.2 mg/L
- Legal MCL
- 10 mg/L
- Health goal (MCLG)
- 10 mg/L
- Sampled
- May 20, 2026
- Agency
- TCEQ
- Source record
- SDWIS_LCR
Causes methemoglobinemia ("blue-baby syndrome") in infants under 6 months. Carbon filters do NOT remove nitrate — reverse osmosis (NSF 58) only.
No reported contaminant exceeded its federal MCL in the most recent reporting period.
Sampling trends over time
How reported concentrations have moved across recent sampling periods. The dashed reference line marks the federal MCL.
Nitrate
mg/LA note on your home’s plumbing
Utility data is aggregated at the water-system level and cannot account for plumbing-specific contamination such as legacy household lead service lines. A point-of-use lab test is the only way to verify contamination introduced by your home's plumbing.