The water district that serves Robstown and some rural residents in Nueces County exceeded state limits for arsenic and total dissolved solids, according to a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality letter dated Oct. 21.
Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3 Board President Ramiro Alejandro shared the letter on Facebook this week. He noted the test results were seven months old.
What the state found
TCEQ investigated the district’s water system on March 10 following a complaint. The agency said it found no violations during that investigation but flagged two issues.
The first was total dissolved solids, or TDS, a measure of salt and minerals in water. Samples taken that day ranged from 1,370 to 1,680 milligrams per liter, above the state’s 1,000 mg/L secondary standard. TCEQ said the district’s new connection to Corpus Christi’s water system could help improve water quality…