Drinking Water: Consumer Concerns

Low pressure? Poor service? Is your water cloudy or colored? Does it smell bad? Is your supply contaminated? Identify the problem. Find out if it could affect your health. Learn more about notices or reports from your supplier.

Topics Under This Category:

	Bottled Water In order to produce bottled water in Texas, the system must meet PWS requirements; this gives information about those rules.
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The CDC web site provides links to resources that answer common questions about drinking water and links to waterborne disease fact sheets.
	Disinfection Byproduct (DBP) Information General questions and answers.
	Disinfection Byproducts Disinfection byproducts or DBPs, are chemicals that are formed when organic carbon reacts with chlorine, a chemical used to disinfect water against pathogenic organisms.
	Drinking Water Watch Use this searchable database of analytical results and compliance data to learn more about the quality of your drinking water and your public water system's compliance with state and federal regulations.
	Fluoride in Drinking Water: Is It Safe? Answer copied by permission from the American Water Works Association's "Plain Talk About Drinking Water" (2001).
	Is Bottled Water Safer Than Tap Water? Compares bottled water to tap water.
	Radiochemicals and Drinking Water Information on the occurrence of radiochemicals in public water systems (PWSs) in Texas, and what are the long-term risks to health and treatment options. Compliance determination and public notification requirements.
	Relative Risk to Public Water System Customers from Disinfection Byproducts Explains the relative risk to Public Water System Customers from Disinfection Byproducts.
	Rules for the Submetered or Allocated Billing of Utility Services Links to Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Subchapter H, Utility Submetering and Allocation.
	Understanding Chemical Analysis Results How to read and interpret the results of chemical analyses reported to public water systems by a drinking-water laboratory.
	Water and Wastewater Submetering or Allocation A description and explanation of submetered and allocated utility billing.