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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS TX0150180

Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital

Operator location San Antonio, Texas - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 130 EPA violations; groundwater source; 3,005 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

3,005
People served (this PWS)
130
EPA violations (this PWS)
3
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital standing, high SDWIS violation third

130 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,578 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (130), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,005 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,578 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,275 of 3,040
Population · TX
130
Total EPA violations on record
2%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
2
County
Bexar
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
100
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Chlorine MR 56 2021
Public Notice Other 18 2023
Lead and Copper Rule MR 18 2021
Nitrate MR 8 2021
Coliform (TCR) MR 6 2014
Groundwater Rule Other 6 2013
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 4 2020
Asbestos MR 4 2016
TTHM MR 4 2020
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 3 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 3 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital has 130 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 130), and it ranks #10,578 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

130 Higher than most more violations than 78% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital

130 violations on record for TX0150180; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch

Nationwide peers

130 violations · 3,005 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater