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Cleburne · Johnson County · Water Quality Guide · April 2026

What's in
Cleburne
tap water.

Two distinct utilities serve Cleburne and Johnson County — City of Cleburne (PWS TX1260003) and Johnson County SUD (PWS TX1260018) — with different sources, disinfection, and chemistry. This guide traces both, and maps them to treatment options.

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8–12 gpg
Water hardness
Trinity Aquifer influence · hard to very hard
31.5 ppb
TTHMs (City of Cleburne)
Below 80 ppb federal MCL · ~2× Fort Worth
2 utilities
Serve this area
City of Cleburne + Johnson County SUD
City of Cleburne TX1260003 · JCSUD TX1260018

Two utilities,
by the numbers.

Which system serves your home depends entirely on your address. Every number here is drawn from the EWG Tap Water Database and City of Cleburne public notices.

City of Cleburne · Hardness
8–12 gpg
Trinity Aquifer–influenced systems test hard to very hard. Scale on fixtures, water heaters, and appliances.
City of Cleburne · Disinfection
Chloramine
Year-round, with an annual free-chlorine conversion (typically fall). Catalytic carbon required — standard GAC does not break the bond.
City of Cleburne · TTHMs
31.5 ppb
Well below 80 ppb federal MCL — but roughly twice Fort Worth's 13.9 ppb. Lake Pat Cleburne's organic carbon drives the difference.
City of Cleburne · HAA5
24.3 ppb
Federal MCL is 60 ppb. HAA9 measures 53.4 ppb (no federal limit applies). Reverse osmosis reduces DBPs at the drinking tap.
JCSUD · Arsenic
0.130 ppb
Federal MCL is 10 ppb. Naturally occurring from Trinity Aquifer geology. Only RO reliably reduces it.
JCSUD · Radium (combined)
0.15 pCi/L
Federal MCL is 5 pCi/L. JCSUD uses free chlorine, blends 70% surface + 30% Trinity Aquifer groundwater. Serves ~65,427 people.
Source: EWG Tap Water Database · City of Cleburne public notices · JCSUD records
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Four solutions,
two water profiles.

Utility data tells you what the system delivers on average. An on-site test tells you what's at your tap — your pipes, your distance from treatment, your seasonal source blend.

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Common questions

Cleburne water,
plainly answered.

Which utility serves my Cleburne-area home? +
It depends entirely on your address. City of Cleburne Water Utilities (PWS TX1260003) serves inside the city limits; Johnson County SUD (PWS TX1260018) serves Joshua, Keene, Godley, Rio Vista, Grandview, the north Cleburne exurbs, and rural Johnson County. Check your water bill, or call City of Cleburne Public Works at 817-645-0946 or JCSUD at 817-760-5200.
Does Cleburne water use chlorine or chloramine? +
City of Cleburne uses chloramine year-round, with an annual free-chlorine conversion (typically in the fall) of about three to six weeks. JCSUD uses free chlorine. Chloramine systems require catalytic activated carbon for effective filtration — standard GAC does not break the chlorine-ammonia bond.
How hard is Cleburne tap water? +
Both utilities draw on Trinity Aquifer groundwater, and regional systems consistently test in the 8–12 gpg range — hard to very hard. The exact number at your tap requires either the latest Consumer Confidence Report or an on-site test, which is what a softener installer uses to size a system correctly.
Should JCSUD homeowners worry about arsenic or radium? +
JCSUD water contains naturally occurring arsenic (0.130 ppb) and radium (0.15 pCi/L) from Trinity Aquifer geology — both well below federal MCLs of 10 ppb and 5 pCi/L. These are characteristics of the aquifer, not contamination. For homeowners who want to reduce them at the drinking tap, reverse osmosis is the only consumer technology that reliably addresses both.
Why we wrote this guide

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that reads your water.

Circle T Plumbing pairs licensed plumbing with in-house water quality services across Cleburne and Johnson County. Owner and Responsible Master Plumber Patrick McKinnis built this company on a belief that North Texas homeowners deserve clear, honest information about their water — not a fear-based sales pitch, and not generic content that ignores the two distinct utilities serving this area.

License
#M45785
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Issuing authority
TSBPE
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Equipment
Charger Water Products
Authorized installer — manufacturer-backed treatment systems
Owned & operated by
Patrick McKinnis
Owner and Responsible Master Plumber — License #M45785
Data source
TX1260003 · TX1260018
City of Cleburne + JCSUD records · EWG Tap Water Database
Cleburne territory · city vs. rural

Your address decides
your water chemistry.

The city/rural utility split is something most water quality content ignores — and it changes the right treatment recommendation entirely.

PWS TX1260003
Inside Cleburne city limits

City of Cleburne Water Utilities. Source: Lake Pat Cleburne + Lake Aquilla + Trinity Aquifer wells. Chloramine year-round with an annual free-chlorine conversion. Catalytic carbon required.

Elevated DBP profile vs. Fort Worth
PWS TX1260018
Joshua · Keene · Godley · rural Johnson County

Johnson County SUD. Source: 70% purchased surface water (Lake Granbury + City of Mansfield) + 30% Trinity Aquifer wells. Free-chlorine disinfection across ~324 square miles.

Arsenic 0.130 ppb · radium 0.15 pCi/L
Check your bill
Not sure which serves you?

The utility name is listed on your water bill. Or call City of Cleburne Public Works at 817-645-0946 or JCSUD at 817-760-5200. Boundary addresses may fall on either system.

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