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City of Friendswood

Serves Friendswood, Galveston County and Harris County, TX · 43,190 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Friendswood in the last ten years.

  • TX0840002
  • FRIENDSWOOD
  • TX
  • 43,190 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 77546
EPA system ID TX0840002

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • City of Friendswood buys its water from City of Houston.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 14,009 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for City of Friendswood go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1

Where the water comes from

City of Friendswood buys its water from City of Houston. EPA also lists 6 wells, all for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use.

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Annual water quality report

City of Friendswood must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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