Community Water System · PWS TX0200403
Southwood Estates
Operator location Cypress, Texas - 8% of 62 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 1,347 served per SDWIS.
- 1,347
- People served (this PWS)
- 62
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Southwood Estates standing, mid SDWIS violation third
8% of 62 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #16,884 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Southwood Estates lands in the middle third by violation volume (62), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,347 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #16,884 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #2,034 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 62
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 449
- County
- Brazoria
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 50
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 40 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 10 | 2004 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2004 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Southwood Estates has 62 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 37% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 62), and it ranks #16,884 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)
62 Around the middle fewer violations than 37% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 29 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:2 FTS | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/27/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/27/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/27/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/27/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/27/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/27/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/27/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/27/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/27/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/27/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/27/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Southwood Estates
5 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0200403.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
62 violations · 1,347 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Southwood Estates
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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