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Community water system in Gaines County, Texas, serving 300 people from ground water. 6 rules violated in the past three years. Owned by local government.

People served 300 ground water
Rules violated, past 3 years 6 one rule can carry several violations
Unresolved 0 rules still in violation, EPA data updated Oct 7, 2026
Quarters with violations 11 of the last 12 quarters

Quarterly compliance history

SQ3
2023
SQ4
2023
VQ1
2024
VQ2
2024
VQ3
2024
VQ4
2024
VQ1
2025
VQ2
2025
VQ3
2025
VQ4
2025
VQ1
2026
–Q2
2026
UQ3
2026
–No violation identified VViolation identified SSerious violator (EPA enforcement priority) UUndetermined Oldest quarter on the left. Quarters 1 to 12 are the twelve most recent official quarters at EPA's last data refresh; the 13th is the quarter in progress at that refresh, which EPA reports as undetermined.

Rules violated in the past three years

Jul to Sep 2023 to Jul to Sep 2026

Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Monitoring and Reporting

1 violation, Jul 2025 to Mar 2026 · Chlorine (MRDL)

EPA rule code 210 · 1 violation recorded

Monitoring and Reporting: 1 violation, Jul 2025 to Mar 2026. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Contaminant on the record: Chlorine (MRDL).

Arsenic Rule

Maximum Contaminant Level Violation Health-based

1 violation, Jul 2023 to Mar 2024

EPA rule code 332 · 1 violation recorded, 1 health-based

Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, health-based: 1 violation, Jul 2023 to Mar 2024. A sample exceeded the maximum contaminant level EPA allows in drinking water.

What the rule requires: Arsenic is a naturally occurring metalloid found in bedrock and soil. It dissolves into groundwater from natural deposits and can also come from mining, smelting and past pesticide use. EPA lowered the MCL from 50 ppb to 10 ppb in 2001.

Health effects: Long-term arsenic exposure increases risk of bladder, lung, and skin cancers. It is also associated with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and developmental effects in children. Arsenic is classified as a Group A human carcinogen by the EPA. Limit: 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb), set in 2001 and enforceable since 2006; the previous MCL was 0.050 mg/L (50 ppb)

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Lead and Copper Rule

Monitoring and Reporting

4 violations, Oct 2022 to Jan 2025

EPA rule code 350 · 4 violations recorded

Monitoring and Reporting: 4 violations, Oct 2022 to Jan 2025. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

What the rule requires: The 1991 LCR uses action levels rather than MCLs: if the 90th percentile of high-risk tap samples exceeds 15 ppb lead or 1.3 mg/L copper, the system must take escalating corrective actions. Violations typically indicate failure to maintain adequate corrosion control — the treatment that keeps lead from leaching out of pipes, solder, and fixtures.

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Lead and Copper Rule Revisions

Reporting ViolationTreatment Technique Violation Health-based

2 violations, Oct 2024 to Apr 2025

EPA rule code 351 · 2 violations recorded, 1 health-based

Treatment Technique Violation, health-based: 1 violation, Oct 2024 to Apr 2025. The system did not carry out a required treatment process or corrective action.

Reporting Violation: 1 violation, Oct 2024 to Apr 2025. The system did not report required information on time.

What the rule requires: The 2021 LCRR updated the 1991 LCR with mandatory lead service line inventories and replacement planning, a new 'trigger level' at 10 ppb requiring optimization, and strengthened public education. The 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) further requires replacing all lead service lines within 10 years.

Health effects: Same as Lead and Copper Rule (5000). Violations typically reflect failure to complete the required lead service line inventory or submit a required replacement plan. Lead service lines are the primary source of lead at the tap in many older systems. Limit: Lead action level: 15 ppb (trigger level: 10 ppb); copper action level: 1.3 mg/L

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Public Notice Rule and Revised PN Rule

Other Violation

4 violations, Mar 2023 to Sep 2023 · Public Notification Rule

EPA rule code 410 · 4 violations recorded

Other Violation: 4 violations, Mar 2023 to Sep 2023. A requirement other than monitoring, reporting, or a contaminant limit, such as public notice or the annual water quality report.

Contaminant on the record: Public Notification Rule.

Consumer Confidence Rule

Other Violation

1 violation, Jul 2025 to Feb 2026

EPA rule code 420 · 1 violation recorded

Other Violation: 1 violation, Jul 2025 to Feb 2026. A requirement other than monitoring, reporting, or a contaminant limit, such as public notice or the annual water quality report.

What the rule requires: Community water systems must deliver an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) to all customers by July 1, covering the previous year. It must list all detected contaminants, compare them to MCLs, identify source water, and include educational language about lead. A violation means the report was not delivered on time or was incomplete.

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About this data

Rules violated and the list above come from EPA's SDWIS violation records, one row per violation and contaminant, grouped by the rule each row belongs to. A violation counts when its non-compliance period ended on or after Jul 1, 2023, the start of the thirteen quarters ECHO's three-year figures cover, or is still open; it is unresolved when it was still open at EPA's data refresh on Oct 7, 2026. EPA's rule code 500, "Not Regulated", is left out, as in ECHO's counts. Each rule's violation count is EPA's, and one rule can carry several: a missed monitoring round for a group of contaminants is one violation per contaminant and period. Category names are EPA's violation categories.

ECHO's own summary count of rules violated agrees with this grouping for 98.8% of active systems nationally, and its count of rules being violated for 98.7%; where they differ, the figures here follow the rows listed.

Measured contaminant levels are not part of this record; each system publishes them in its annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Service area from EPA's Public Water System Service Area Boundaries dataset: State Agency. The system's location is the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system.

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.