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Texas

Taylor County drinking water quality

18 active public water systems serve 172,638 people in Taylor County. 5 are compliant, 13 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 1 is a designated serious violator, and 2 carry a health flag.

Active systems 18 14 community systems
People served 173K by public water systems
Systems with violations 13 72% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 1 2 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

City of Tye TX2210011 · Community water system · Serves 1,176 5 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR), Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), and Public Notification Rule.
View Caps WSC TX2210004 · Community water system · Serves 2,928 5 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) and Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR).

Community water systems

14 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
City of Abilene
130,501 0 0
Steamboat Mountain WSC
8,178 0 0
Potosi WSC
7,413 1 0
Dyess Air Force Base
7,183 0 0
City of Merkel
3,573 1 1
Sun WSC
3,420 2 1
View Caps WSC
2,928 5 2
Hamby WSC
2,082 0 0
Tuscola Taylor County Wcid 1
1,890 1 1
City of Buffalo Gap
1,502 2 0
City of Tye
1,176 5 2
Blair WSC
957 1 0
City of Lawn
660 2 1
City of Trent
368 4 1
Non-community systems (4: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Tpwd Abilene State Park
408 1 0
Butman Methodist Encampment
330 2 0
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm
44 0 0
Arrington Services
25 1 0
Inactive systems (15, 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.