Community Water System · PWS TX0310094
City of Primera
Operator location Harlingen, Texas - 0% of 49 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 5,811 served per SDWIS.
- 5,811
- People served (this PWS)
- 49
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 5 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Primera standing, mid SDWIS violation third
0% of 49 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #6,970 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Primera lands in the middle third by violation volume (49), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (5,811; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #6,970 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #724 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 49
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,650
- County
- Cameron
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 12 | 2022 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 8 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Primera has 49 recorded EPA violations, 56% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 44% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 49), and it ranks #6,970 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)
49 Around the middle fewer violations than 44% 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. 17 of 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/24/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/24/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/24/2024 | 5.50 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/24/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/24/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/24/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/24/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/24/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/24/2024 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/24/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/24/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/24/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/24/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/24/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/24/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/24/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on City of Primera
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0310094.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
49 violations · 5,811 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Primera
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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