Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS TX0310087
Port Isabel Detention Center
Operator location Los Fresnos, Texas - 24% of 45 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,355 served per SDWIS.
- 1,355
- People served (this PWS)
- 45
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 11
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Port Isabel Detention Center standing, mid SDWIS violation third
24% of 45 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 24% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,826 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Port Isabel Detention Center lands in the middle third by violation volume (45), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,355 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 24% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,826 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #2,027 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 45
- Total EPA violations on record
- 24%
- 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
- Federal
- Connections
- 451
- County
- Cameron
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 11
- Monitoring Violations
- 15
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 11 | 2005 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2007 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Port Isabel Detention Center has 45 recorded EPA violations, 54% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 46% carry more. 24% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 45), and it ranks #16,826 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)
45 Around the middle fewer violations than 46% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Port Isabel Detention Center
11 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0310087.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
45 violations · 1,355 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 Port Isabel Detention Center
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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