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This is a rebuild of Drinking Water Watch and not yet the official record. Use the agency’s current Drinking Water Watch for anything you need to rely on.

Chemical and radiological sample results

MS0090004 , Houlka-Houston W/A

28 of the 59 analytes this system has been tested for have been detected at least once, across 426 samples on record.

The other 31 were tested for and never found. An analyte is counted here if any result on record measured it, so this covers the whole history and not the samples listed below.

Across all 426 samples on record, detections range from November 30, 1993 to December 8, 2025. These figures cover the whole record.

What counts as a non-detect is defined in the help: Less than Indicator. This system’s violations.

What has been detected, ever

Every analyte measured above its reporting level at any point in this system’s record, most often detected first. This is not limited to the samples listed below.

Every analyte ever detected for Houlka-Houston W/A, with how many results found it and when it was first and last detected. Covers the whole record, not only the samples listed below.
Analyte Kind Detected in First detected Last detected
Copper, Free 1022 Inorganic Chemical 124 of 139 results Nov 30, 1993 Jun 21, 2023
Lead 1030 Inorganic Chemical 87 of 139 results Nov 30, 1993 Jun 21, 2023
Barium 1010 Inorganic Chemical 30 of 30 results Sep 24, 2003 Jan 13, 2025
Fluoride 1025 Inorganic Chemical 30 of 30 results Sep 24, 2003 Jan 13, 2025
TTHM 2950 Organic Chemical 17 of 26 results May 17, 2004 Dec 8, 2025
Chromium 1020 Inorganic Chemical 16 of 30 results Sep 24, 2003 Jan 13, 2025
Xylenes, Total 2955 Organic Chemical 16 of 83 results May 30, 2006 May 21, 2018
Arsenic 1005 Inorganic Chemical 14 of 30 results Jan 18, 2006 Jan 13, 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) 2456 Organic Chemical 14 of 28 results Aug 13, 2008 Oct 21, 2024
Selenium 1045 Inorganic Chemical 10 of 30 results Dec 13, 2005 Apr 13, 2020
Gross Alpha, Incl. Radon & U 4002 Radionuclide 10 of 10 results Mar 8, 2012 Oct 24, 2012
Sodium 1052 Inorganic Chemical 6 of 6 results Feb 1, 2021 Oct 22, 2024
Nitrite 1041 Inorganic Chemical 6 of 60 results May 17, 2004 Feb 1, 2021
Ethylbenzene 2992 Organic Chemical 5 of 83 results Jul 13, 2009 Apr 12, 2011
Nitrate-Nitrite 1038 Inorganic Chemical 4 of 60 results May 17, 2004 Feb 1, 2021
Bromoform 2942 Organic Chemical 3 of 7 results Aug 18, 2014 Dec 8, 2025
Bromodichloromethane 2943 Organic Chemical 3 of 7 results Aug 18, 2014 Dec 8, 2025
Dibromochloromethane 2944 Organic Chemical 3 of 7 results Aug 18, 2014 Dec 8, 2025
Nickel 1036 Inorganic Chemical 3 of 30 results Mar 24, 2008 May 3, 2022
Nitrate 1040 Inorganic Chemical 3 of 60 results May 17, 2004 Jun 26, 2006
Dibromoacetic Acid 2454 Organic Chemical 1 of 8 results Sep 22, 2025 Sep 22, 2025
Monochloroacetic Acid 2450 Organic Chemical 1 of 8 results Apr 20, 2020 Apr 20, 2020
Monobromoacetic Acid 2453 Organic Chemical 1 of 8 results Aug 18, 2014 Aug 18, 2014
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon & U 4000 Radionuclide 1 of 1 result Apr 23, 2012 Apr 23, 2012
Combined Radium (-226 & -228) 4010 Radionuclide 1 of 12 results Apr 23, 2012 Apr 23, 2012
Radium-226 4020 Radionuclide 1 of 12 results Apr 23, 2012 Apr 23, 2012
Gross Alpha Particle Activity 4109 Radionuclide 1 of 2 results Apr 23, 2012 Apr 23, 2012
Sulfate 1055 Inorganic Chemical 1 of 5 results Jan 14, 2004 Jan 14, 2004

No date range is applied: this list draws on every sample on record. Show the last two years only.

The most recent samples, result by result

The table below lists 261–270 of 426 samples, newest first — collected July 31, 2007 to August 13, 2008. The summary above covers all 426.

44 results from the 10 samples listed here: 11 detected, 33 not detected. Across the whole record it is 412 of 2,763. A sample is analysed for many analytes at once, so one sample appears on as many rows as it had results.

Chemical and radiological sample results for Houlka-Houston W/A, every result from 261 to 270 of 426 samples shown, newest first. Not detected means the amount was below the level the laboratory can reliably report, which is given beside it.
Result Analyte Monitoring period
Collected
Aug 13, 2008
Sampling point
MRT000 Max. Res. Time
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080814-004TH
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Chloroform 2941 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Bromoform 2942 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Bromodichloromethane 2943 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Dibromochloromethane 2944 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
0 This result is recorded as a detection, and the figure the agency wrote — "0.00" — is zero to the precision it was written to. Read the zero as "smaller than the written figure resolves", not as "none present". SDWIS holds a separate numeric concentration that Drinking Water Watch does not publish, so this endpoint does not carry it either; no more precise magnitude is available here. The agency recorded a value but no unit of measure for it. The unit is NOT inferable from the analyte: many analytes are reported in more than one unit — TTHM and HAA5 in both MG/L and UG/L — so there is no per-analyte default to fall back on. The number is published as it stands and must not be compared to a limit. The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 TTHM 2950 EPA method 524.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Collected
Aug 13, 2008
Sampling point
MRT000 Max. Res. Time
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080814-004HA
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.002 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Monochloroacetic Acid 2450 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Dichloroacetic Acid 2451 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Trichloroacetic Acid 2452 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Monobromoacetic Acid 2453 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Dibromoacetic Acid 2454 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
0 This result is recorded as a detection, and the figure the agency wrote — "0.00" — is zero to the precision it was written to. Read the zero as "smaller than the written figure resolves", not as "none present". SDWIS holds a separate numeric concentration that Drinking Water Watch does not publish, so this endpoint does not carry it either; no more precise magnitude is available here. The agency recorded a value but no unit of measure for it. The unit is NOT inferable from the analyte: many analytes are reported in more than one unit — TTHM and HAA5 in both MG/L and UG/L — so there is no per-analyte default to fall back on. The number is published as it stands and must not be compared to a limit. The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Aug 13, 2008, sampling point MRT000 Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) 2456 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Collected
May 21, 2008
Sampling point
TF102 Treatment Plant T102
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080522-070NI
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.1 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected May 21, 2008, sampling point TF102 Nitrate-Nitrite 1038 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Not detected below 0.08 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected May 21, 2008, sampling point TF102 Nitrate 1040 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Not detected below 0.02 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected May 21, 2008, sampling point TF102 Nitrite 1041 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Collected
May 21, 2008
Sampling point
TF103 Treatment Plant T103
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080522-040NI
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.1 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected May 21, 2008, sampling point TF103 Nitrate-Nitrite 1038 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Not detected below 0.08 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected May 21, 2008, sampling point TF103 Nitrate 1040 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Not detected below 0.02 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected May 21, 2008, sampling point TF103 Nitrite 1041 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Collected
Mar 24, 2008
Sampling point
TF102 Treatment Plant T102
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080325-077CN
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Cyanide 1024 EPA method QC10204001X Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Collected
Mar 24, 2008
Sampling point
TF103 Treatment Plant T103
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080325-076CN
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Cyanide 1024 EPA method QC10204001X Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Collected
Mar 24, 2008
Sampling point
TF103 Treatment Plant T103
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080325-034IN
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Arsenic 1005 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
0.034613 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Barium 1010 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Cadmium 1015 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Chromium 1020 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
0.256 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Fluoride 1025 EPA method 380-75WE Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0002 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Mercury 1035 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
0.007038 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Nickel 1036 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
0.001236 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Selenium 1045 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Antimony, Total 1074 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Beryllium, Total 1075 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF103 Thallium, Total 1085 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Collected
Mar 24, 2008
Sampling point
TF102 Treatment Plant T102
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080325-033IN
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Arsenic 1005 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
0.028341 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Barium 1010 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Cadmium 1015 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Chromium 1020 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
0.304 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Fluoride 1025 EPA method 380-75WE Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0002 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Mercury 1035 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
0.007611 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Nickel 1036 EPA method 200.8 Not recorded
0.002521 mg/l , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Selenium 1045 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Antimony, Total 1074 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Beryllium, Total 1075 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Mar 24, 2008, sampling point TF102 Thallium, Total 1085 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010
Collected
Sep 17, 2007
Sampling point
MRT000 Max. Res. Time
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070918-012HA
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.006 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) 2456 EPA method 552.2 Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2007
Collected
Jul 31, 2007
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070801-007PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.0151 mg/l , sample collected Jul 31, 2007, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2006 – Dec 31, 2008
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jul 31, 2007, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2006 – Dec 31, 2008

Routine (10).