Water Utility

Timber Lane Utility District

Location Harris County, Texas,
TX
Serves 24,507
Source Groundwater
PWS ID TX1010278

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 1.28 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
319x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.288 ppb No Legal Limit
4.8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.87 ppb No Legal Limit
43x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.781 ppb No Legal Limit
7.8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.41 ppb No Legal Limit
24x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.3 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
6x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.76 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
12x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 13.5 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
600 ppb
This Utility: 194.5 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.425 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.5 ppb
This Utility: 0.0913 ppb No Legal Limit

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0246 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb
This Utility: 0.315 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 0.186 ppb No Legal Limit

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0638 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 3.25 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 2.7 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 1.24 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
40 ppb
This Utility: 0.0638 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
53 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.153 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 3.4 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 0.274 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb
This Utility: 2.1 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
21 ppb
This Utility: 0.07 ppb Legal Limit: 10000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
1800 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 4 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+8 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 7 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+15 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

Explore filter options for each contaminant. See which technologies are effective at reducing specific contaminants.

Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Bromodichloromethane
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Dibromochloromethane
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
Aluminum
Barium
Bromoform
Bromomethane
Chloroform
Fluoride
Germanium
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Hexadecanoic acid
Manganese
Molybdenum
Monochloroacetic acid
Nitrate
Octadecanoic acid
Strontium*
Vanadium*
Xylenes (total)

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