Specht Store
Transient non-community system in Bexar County, Texas, serving 170 people from groundwater under influence of surface water. 4 rules violated in the past three years, 1 still unresolved. Privately owned. System ID TX0150440.
Quarterly compliance history
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Still in violation
EPA data updated Oct 7, 2026
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2)
The LT2 ESWTR (2006) required all surface water and GWUDI systems to monitor source water for Cryptosporidium, then apply additional treatment based on…
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2)
The LT2 ESWTR (2006) required all surface water and GWUDI systems to monitor source water for Cryptosporidium, then apply additional treatment based on…
What it means: The LT2 ESWTR (2006) required all surface water and GWUDI systems to monitor source water for Cryptosporidium, then apply additional treatment based on measured concentrations. Higher-bin systems (more oocysts detected) must install advanced treatment — UV disinfection, ozone, or membrane filtration — beyond the original SWTR requirements.
Health effects: Cryptosporidium is a chlorine-resistant protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis — severe watery diarrhea, cramping, nausea, and fever. In immunocompromised individuals (HIV/AIDS, transplant recipients), it can be life-threatening and prolonged. Infants and the elderly are also at elevated risk. LT2 violations indicate failure to complete monitoring or apply the required additional treatment tier.
Limit: Treatment technique — additional Cryptosporidium treatment based on bin classification
About this rule
Public Notification Rule
When a system violates a drinking water standard, it must notify customers promptly: within 24 hours for acute violations (e.g., E. coli), 30 days for…
Public Notification Rule
When a system violates a drinking water standard, it must notify customers promptly: within 24 hours for acute violations (e.g., E. coli), 30 days for…
What it means: When a system violates a drinking water standard, it must notify customers promptly: within 24 hours for acute violations (e.g., E. coli), 30 days for non-acute MCL violations, and 1 year for monitoring failures. A violation means the notification was late or missing — not that the underlying water issue is necessarily severe.
Health effects: No direct health risk from the notification violation itself, but delayed notification means customers may have consumed contaminated water without the chance to take protective action (boil water orders, bottled water use).
Limit: No MCL — compliance requires meeting specific notification deadlines
About this ruleAlso violated in the past three years
Oct to Dec 2023 to Oct to Dec 2026
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), finalized in 1998, strengthened protections for systems serving 10,000 or more people by tightening…
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), finalized in 1998, strengthened protections for systems serving 10,000 or more people by tightening…
What it means: The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), finalized in 1998, strengthened protections for systems serving 10,000 or more people by tightening turbidity limits and requiring Cryptosporidium removal. It was an intermediate step between the original SWTR and the Long-Term Enhanced SWTRs.
Health effects: Violations indicate failure to meet treatment technique requirements that reduce exposure to Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and other microbial pathogens. Cryptosporidium poses the greatest risk to immunocompromised individuals, infants, and the elderly, and can cause severe or fatal illness in vulnerable populations.
Limit: Treatment technique — no numeric MCL; compliance means meeting turbidity limits (0.3 NTU in 95% of monthly samples) and Cryptosporidium removal benchmarks
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Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR)
All systems using surface water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs) or groundwater under surface influence (GWUDI) must filter and disinfect.
Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR)
All systems using surface water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs) or groundwater under surface influence (GWUDI) must filter and disinfect.
What it means: All systems using surface water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs) or groundwater under surface influence (GWUDI) must filter and disinfect. Treatment technique violations mean the system failed to maintain adequate disinfectant residual, exceeded turbidity limits, or lacked required permits. Snowmelt and storm events can raise turbidity and pathogen loads in surface water.
Health effects: Without proper filtration/disinfection: Giardia lamblia (severe diarrhea, cramping), Cryptosporidium (life-threatening for immunocompromised individuals), viruses (hepatitis A, norovirus). Turbidity itself is not a health risk but can shield pathogens from disinfection.
Limit: Treatment technique: turbidity ≤0.3 NTU in 95% of monthly samples; detectable disinfectant residual in 95% of distribution samples
About this ruleAbout this data
EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several in the same period. Unresolved means still in violation at EPA's latest data refresh. 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: location confidence HIGHER. 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.