Texas
Brewster County drinking water quality
15 active public water systems serve 9,717 people in Brewster County. 5 are compliant, 10 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 1 is a designated serious violator, and 0 carry a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
6 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
City of Alpine |
6,000 | 6 | 2 | |
|
Lajitas on the Rio Grande |
942 | 3 | 0 | |
|
Study Butte Terlingua Water System |
888 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Marathon Water Supply & Sewer Service |
430 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Panther Junction Plt |
300 | 2 | 0 | |
|
McElroy Ranch Water System |
45 | 10 | 0 |
Non-community systems (9: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Big Bend Resort & Adventures |
686 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Longhorn Ranch Motel |
100 | 4 | 2 | |
|
Big Bend National Park Chisos Basin WS |
81 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Lost Alaskan RV Park |
70 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Castolon Maint Area Bbnp |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Rio Grande Village Bbnp |
50 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Persimmon Gap |
25 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Stillwell General Store and RV Park |
25 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Terlingua Ranch Development |
25 | 0 | 0 |
Inactive systems (10, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
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. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.