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Fort Worth Water Department

EPA system ID TX2200012 · serves about 955,900 people. Every US utility must publish an annual water quality report — here’s the official one (2025), and below it, our plain-English translation.

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What Fort Worth Water Department found in 2025

27 detected analytes from the utility’s own annual report, hand-normalized — 2 were near or over a limit (flagged below).

DetectedLevelLimit% of limitStatus
Cyanide168 ppb200 ppb84%Near limit
Chloramines3.3 ppm4 ppm83%Near limit
Bromate6.17 ppb10 ppb62%Within limit
Copper (90th percentile)0.42 ppm1.3 ppm32%Within limit
Lead (90th percentile)3.1 ppb15 ppb21%Within limit
Fluoride0.7 ppm4 ppm18%Within limit
Total Trihalomethanes13.8 ppb80 ppb17%Within limit
Haloacetic Acids9.3 ppb60 ppb16%Within limit
Beta/photon emitters7.5 pCi/L50 pCi/L15%Within limit
Arsenic1.1 ppb10 ppb11%Within limit
Di(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate0.6 ppb6 ppb10%Within limit
Nitrate0.7 ppm10 ppm7%Within limit
Uranium1.6 ppb30 ppb5%Within limit
Barium0.07 ppm2 ppm4%Within limit
Atrazine0.1 ppb3 ppb3%Within limit
Chloroform4.51 ppbNo federal limit
Dichloroacetic Acid4.49 ppbNo federal limit
Bromodichloromethane3.39 ppbNo federal limit
Dibromochloromethane2.93 ppbNo federal limit
Monochloroacetic Acid1.84 ppbNo federal limit
Dibromoacetic Acid1.05 ppbNo federal limit
Total Organic Carbon1No federal limit
Bromoform0.67 ppbNo federal limit
Total Coliforms (including fecal coliform & E. coli)0.3 %No federal limit
Turbidity (highest)0.29 NTUNo federal limit
Trichloroacetic Acid0.11 ppbNo federal limit
Monobromoacetic Acid0 ppbNo federal limit

Levels and limits are as printed in the utility’s report (“limit” is the EPA MCL, action level, residual limit, or secondary guideline that applies to that row; “ND” = not detected). Utilities publish these reports annually — we re-check every covered utility each July, after the federal publication deadline. Detected doesn’t mean dangerous — most detections sit far below their limits. This is education, not medical advice.

Zip codes covered

76102 · 76103 · 76104 · 76105 · 76106 · 76107 · 76109 · 76110 · 76111 · 76112 · 76115 · 76120 · 76123 · 76132 · 76133 · 76155 · 76164

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