Water Utility

Montgomery Trace Water System

Location Montgomery County, Texas,
TX
Serves 20,016
Source Purchased surface water
PWS ID TX1700638

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 2.79 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
697x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb
This Utility: 0.494 ppb No Legal Limit
25x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.68 ppb No Legal Limit
28x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.2 ppb No Legal Limit
3x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb
This Utility: 0.29 ppb No Legal Limit
9.7x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.84 ppb No Legal Limit
18x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 0.765 ppb No Legal Limit
3.8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.2 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.34 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
13x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 3.31 ppb No Legal Limit
55x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.13 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
23x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 5.35 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
36x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb

Trichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.281 ppb No Legal Limit
2.8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 0.176 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 27.5 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
600 ppb
This Utility: 175.9 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.477 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.5 ppb
This Utility: 0.275 ppb Legal Limit: 200 ppb
This Utility: 0.0655 ppb Legal Limit: 700 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
300 ppb
This Utility: 0.191 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 0.0388 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 4 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 19.2 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.61 ppb No Legal Limit

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.00833 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.0433 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 6.6 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 0.71 ppb Legal Limit: 20 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.43 ppb
This Utility: 0.524 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 10 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+7 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 12 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+13 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
Bromochloroacetic acid
Bromodichloromethane
Chloroform
Dibromoacetic acid
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloroacetic acid
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trichloroacetic acid
Other Contaminants Detected
Acetone
Aluminum
Barium
Bromoform
Dalapon
Ethylbenzene
Fluoride
Germanium
Hexadecanoic acid
Manganese
Methyl isobutyl ketone*
Nitrate
Nitrate and nitrite
Octadecanoic acid
Xylenes (total)

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