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Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violations in Texas

875 active public water systems in Texas had a Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violation in the past three years, 760 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) is and why it matters.

Health effects: Lead: no safe level for children. Causes irreversible neurological damage, impaired cognitive development, behavioral problems, and reduced IQ in children under 6. In adults: hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage. Copper: acute gastrointestinal distress at high levels; liver/kidney damage at very high chronic levels.

Systems with a Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Union Tank Car Company Cleveland
Liberty County
200 2 2
Whitharral WSC
Hockley County
200 9 1
Warren Road Subdivision Water Supply
Midland County
195 13 6
Slidell WSC
Wise County
192 6 4
City of Valentine
Jeff Davis County
190 4 3
Rolling Hills Water Supply
McLennan County
186 12 3
City of Mertens
Hill County
180 6 4
Emerald Forest
Ellis County
180 3 2
The Reserve
Smith County
177 5 3
Iaa Fort Worth North
Denton County
176 5 2
Sweet Home Isd
Lavaca County
176 3 1
1585 & Frankford Discount RV Storage
Lubbock County
175 5 2
Derby Ing
Frio County
174 9 2
Gardendale WSC
La Salle County
174 7 4
Lake Vista Village
Henderson County
174 4 2
Canyon Lake Estates Water Supply
Comal County
171 6 2
Shoalwater Flats Association
Calhoun County
171 2 1
His Hill Ranch Camp
Kendall County
168 4 0
Lazbuddie Isd
Parmer County
168 4 2
Eola WSC
Concho County
165 7 5
South Midland County Water System
Midland County
165 10 4
Woodland Estates
Bowie County
165 12 5
Sunnydale WSC
Lamb County
162 4 0
IS Zen Center Lotus Lake
Montgomery County
160 3 0
Waste Control Specialists PWS
Andrews County
160 3 2
Bourland Estates WSC
Parker County
159 2 1
Chaparral Water System Gillespie
Gillespie County
159 3 1
Lazy River Mobile Home Park
Colorado County
159 6 1
Red Rock WSC
Denton County
159 4 3
Denton Estates Mobile Home Park
Denton County
156 12 5
Tall Cedars Mobile Home Subdivision
Harris County
156 1 1
Fort Elliott Cisd Briscoe
Wheeler County
155 3 1
Kelton Isd
Wheeler County
155 5 2
Autumn Shadows Mobile Home Park
Brazoria County
150 6 6
EL Campo Beach Property Owner Assn
Calhoun County
150 5 3
Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative
Comal County
150 3 1
Lgrvr WSC
Hood County
150 3 2
Lohn WSC
McCulloch County
150 5 0
New Wine Chapel
Fort Bend County
150 9 2
Odfjell Terminals
Harris County
150 3 1
Park Six West
Harris County
150 7 2
Pleasant Valley Business Park
Kendall County
150 5 1
Vine Apostolic Church
Harris County
150 3 2
Whitt WSC
Parker County
150 3 2
City of Austwell
Refugio County
147 3 2
Lake Creek Falls
Montgomery County
147 6 2
Short Road Water Supply
Lubbock County
147 5 2
Country Oaks Mobile Home Park
Tarrant County
146 6 3
Paisano Mobile Home Park
Jim Wells County
146 6 2
Cal-Maine Foods Red River
Red River County
145 1 1
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Texas records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.