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Texas

Shelby County drinking water quality

21 active public water systems serve 26,961 people in Shelby County. 2 are compliant, 19 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 6 are designated serious violators, and 4 carry a health flag.

Active systems 21 20 community systems
People served 27K by public water systems
Systems with violations 19 90% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 6 4 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

City of Tenaha TX2100002 · Community water system · Serves 1,746 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.
City of Joaquin TX2100010 · Community water system · Serves 1,620 6 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR), Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), Public Notification Rule, and Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR).
City of Timpson TX2100003 · Community water system · Serves 1,549 6 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes).
Williams Trailer Park TX2100025 · Transient non-community system · Serves 157 4 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Public Notification Rule and Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR).
Woodland Shores Subdivision TX2100037 · Community water system · Serves 75 13 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR), Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), and Public Notification Rule.
Shelby Water TX2100038 · Community water system · Serves 61 14 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Groundwater Rule (GWR), Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), and Public Notification Rule.

Community water systems

20 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
City of Center
 5,450 1 0
City of Huxley
 1,930 2 0
McClelland WSC
 1,837 2 0
City of Tenaha
 1,746 6 4
City of Joaquin
 1,620 6 4
Timpson Rural Water Supply
 1,620 3 0
Flat Fork WSC
 1,605 0 0
City of Timpson
 1,549 6 0
Sand Hills WSC
 1,500 1 1
Five Way WSC
 1,409 0 0
Shelbyville WSC
 1,149 1 1
Paxton WSC Jackson Plant
 1,137 4 0
Choice WSC
 955 1 0
Paxton WSC
 908 7 0
East Lamar WSC
 900 4 0
Buena Vista WSC
 647 4 0
Tennessee WSC
 371 3 0
Huber WSC
 335 3 0
Woodland Shores Subdivision
 75 13 3
Shelby Water
 61 14 4
Non-community systems (1: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Williams Trailer Park
 157 4 2
Inactive systems (13, 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.