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Texas

Hale County drinking water quality

20 active public water systems serve 30,474 people in Hale County. 3 are compliant, 17 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 3 are designated serious violators, and 4 carry a health flag.

Active systems 20 12 community systems
People served 30K by public water systems
Systems with violations 17 85% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 3 4 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Seth Ward WSC TX0950065 · Community water system · Serves 1,700 3 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), and Public Notification Rule.
Cotton Center WSC TX0950014 · Community water system · Serves 250 7 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR), Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), Public Notification Rule, and Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR).
Halfway WSC TX0950016 · Community water system · Serves 110 5 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR), Nitrate, and Public Notification Rule.
City of Edmonson TX0950015 · Community water system · Serves 67 6 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR), Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), and Public Notification Rule.
Ebeling WSC TX0950064 · Community water system · Serves 51 4 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR).

Community water systems

12 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Plainview Municipal Water System
 21,104 0 0
City of Abernathy
 2,865 4 0
City of Hale Center
 1,705 3 0
Seth Ward WSC
 1,700 3 3
City of Petersburg
 1,205 6 4
Cotton Center WSC
 250 7 5
Halfway WSC
 110 5 1
South Haven
 108 6 1
Grand Castle Estates
 80 4 1
Loma Alta WSC
 72 2 0
City of Edmonson
 67 6 2
Ebeling WSC
 51 4 1
Non-community systems (8: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Azteca Milling Plainview Plant
 262 0 0
Hitchin Post RV
 255 0 0
Txdot Hale County Sra
 200 1 0
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
 120 2 0
Tune Mayfield Camp
 120 1 1
Martin Plainview Fertilizer Plant
 100 2 0
Plainview Bioenergy
 52 1 0
Plainview Serenity Center
 48 3 1
Inactive systems (24, 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.