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Community Water System · PWS TX0370028

City of New Summerfield

Operator location New Summerfield, Texas - 59% of 441 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 906 served per SDWIS.

906
People served (this PWS)
441
EPA violations (this PWS)
258
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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City of New Summerfield standing, high SDWIS violation third

59% of 441 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 59% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #20,893 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

City of New Summerfield sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (441), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (906; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 59% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#20,893 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#2,380 of 3,040
Population · TX
441
Total EPA violations on record
59%
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
528
County
Cherokee
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
252
Monitoring Violations
99
Treatment Tech Violations
6

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 252 2025
Chlorine MR 51 2017
Public Notice Other 40 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 27 2013
TTHM MR 15 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 12 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 6 2016
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2021
Lead and Copper Rule MR 2 2017

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

City of New Summerfield has 441 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 59% of this system's own violations are health-based (258 of 441), and it ranks #20,893 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)

441 Higher than most more violations than 94% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on City of New Summerfield

258 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0370028.

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

Nationwide peers

441 violations · 906 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with City of New Summerfield

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