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Public environmental health records for water, air, land, infrastructure, incidents, and community indicators.
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Drinking water compliance, PFAS records, natural water body health, discharge permits, and water-quality monitoring records for Mesquite.
Public water-system records for Mesquite, TX from EPA SDWIS.
City of Mesquite
Active monitoring or reporting issue detected in EPA SDWIS.
Reviewed: active/open records as of Q1 2026
Purchased or imported water record · Serves 152,020 people
Data from EPA SDWIS
PFAS screening separates EPA UCMR5 drinking-water monitoring from nearby DoD PFAS investigation-site records; EPA samples shown are from Jan 2025 to Nov 2025.
Drinking Water PFAS Monitoring
EPA UCMR5 samples public water systems. These results are separate from nearby PFAS cleanup or investigation-site records.
PFAS detections below EPA limits.
Nearby PFAS Investigation Sites
DoD records are nearby site investigations, not Mesquite drinking-water detections. Record names come from the source database and can be broad.
No DoD PFAS investigation site records surfaced within the search radius.
No health-relevant impaired water body records surfaced within 10 km in EPA ATTAINS.
Data from EPA ATTAINS
Reviewed: source records as of Jan 5005
Air quality data from EPA monitoring stations, facility emissions inventories, and area-level air-quality designations in this city.
Starr County
Reported: Dec 2020
EPA national average is ~30 per million
According to EPA, a cancer risk of 20-in-1-million means that for every 1 million people continuously exposed to these air toxics over a 70-year lifetime, an estimated 20 may develop cancer from that exposure. This is in addition to cancer risk from all other causes.
Top local emission sources
Data from EPA AirToxScreen
This area meets EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for all criteria pollutants
No nonattainment designations apply to this location.
Contaminated sites, waste facilities, cleanup records, and industrial operations in this city.
Reviewed: source query run Jun 2026
Reviewed: source query run Jun 2026
Starr County, TX
Reported: Mar 2026
Starr County is EPA Radon Zone 3 (low potential). EPA defines Zone 3 counties as having predicted average indoor screening levels below 2 pCi/L.
Radon levels can vary from home to home, so EPA recommends testing the property to know its indoor level.
Flood-map status, chemical accident risk, nuclear facilities, pipeline incidents, and community health indicators in this city.
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps flood risk. Properties in a Special Flood Hazard Area are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.
Special Flood Hazard Area — 1% annual chance of flooding (100-year floodplain). No base flood elevation determined.
Health outcomes from County Health Rankings. Values shown alongside state and national averages.
Starr County, TexasPop. 65,728
Reported: Mar 2026
Premature Death
Poor or Fair Health
Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days
Adult Smoking
Adult Obesity
Air Pollution - Particulate Matter
Drinking Water Violations
Diabetes Prevalence
Life Expectancy
| Indicator | County | State | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature Death | 9,549 | 7,875 | 7,972 |
| Poor or Fair Health | 35.1% | 17.9% | 14.2% |
| Poor Physical Health Days | 5.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Adult Smoking | 19.8% | 13.3% | 15.0% |
| Adult Obesity | 44.2% | 36.2% | 34.0% |
| Air Pollution - Particulate Matter | 10.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 |
| Drinking Water Violations | 1 | 1 | N/A |
| Diabetes Prevalence | 19.7% | 11.0% | 9.6% |
| Life Expectancy | 74.3 | 77.2 | 77.6 |