Plumbing in Brownsville
Brownsville Public Utilities Board's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report prints two rows for Hardness as CaCO3: 77.3 ppm (range 77.3 to 77.3) and 352 ppm (range 348 to 355), both listed as naturally occurring calcium. The two rows sit in different tables, and the report doesn't say which one describes the water at your tap, so ask BPUB which figure applies to your address. BPUB writes that it "recently completed an initial service line inventory" for its water distribution system.
Brownsville Public Utilities Board (PWSID TX0310001) is EPA's entry for Brownsville, chosen from the operator's address, at 201,249 people on surface water. There's no Texas state plumbing permit. Occupations Code 1301.551 has each municipality over 5,000 residents regulate plumbing by ordinance, with its own permit and a plumbing inspector. Neither a plumbing fee nor a code edition appears on Brownsville's pages. Its median year built is 1995 and its median owner-occupied value $139,900 (ACS, 2020 to 2024). You can look up a plumber by city or county on TSBPE's public license search.
What plumbing costs near Brownsville
No plumber has sent us a quote from Brownsville, so this page carries no city price. The Texas page lists the estimates next to what plumbers are paid ($29.22 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price), and the permit fee is set by your city. How we estimate costs.
Permits for plumbing work in Brownsville
Check with the City of Brownsville building department which office issues plumbing permits for your address.
Work that replaces or alters piping, a water heater swap or a sewer repair for example, generally needs a permit.
Plumbing jobs in Brownsville
Sources for Brownsville
- 2025 Consumer Confidence Report, Brownsville Public Utilities Board Read Oct 23, 2026. Check this with the source itself before you rely on it.
- EPA SDWIS water system inventory (Envirofacts WATER_SYSTEM, GEOGRAPHIC_AREA) Check this with the source itself before you rely on it.
- TSBPE Plumbing License Law + Board Rules 367.2 Read Oct 23, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built Check this with the source itself before you rely on it.
- ACS 5-year B25077 Median Value (owner-occupied units) Check this with the source itself before you rely on it.
- TSBPE / HPC public license search; TSBPE Contact page Read Oct 23, 2026.