Community Water System · PWS TX0360001
City of Anahuac
Operator location Anahuac, Texas - 82% of 143 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,296 served per SDWIS.
- 2,296
- People served (this PWS)
- 143
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 117
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Anahuac standing, high SDWIS violation third
82% of 143 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 82% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,584 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Anahuac sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (143), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,296 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 82% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,584 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,545 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 143
- Total EPA violations on record
- 82%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 924
- County
- Chambers
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 91
- Monitoring Violations
- 12
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 22
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 53 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 38 | 2007 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 22 | 2012 |
| Public Notice | Other | 8 | 2012 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Chlorine dioxide | MRDL | 4 | 2018 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 1 | 2002 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Anahuac has 143 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 82% of this system's own violations are health-based (117 of 143), and it ranks #12,584 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)
143 Higher than most more violations than 80% 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 City of Anahuac
117 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0360001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
143 violations · 2,296 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
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 City of Anahuac
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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