Drinking Water Quality

Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974, and made major amendments to the act in 1996. The act requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish and enforce national drinking water standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has delegated the rule-making and enforcement authority for Texas to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

To view state and federal drinking water regulations, visit the web sites below.

• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Texas Rules and Regulations for Public Water Systems

Water quality topics

• Annual Drinking Water Quality Reports
• Cloudiness
• Lead in drinking water
• Taste and odor 
• Water laboratory