Alto Rural WSC Central High Plant

Water Quality Snapshot: Alto Rural WSC Central High Plant

Alto Rural WSC Central High Plant is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 1,305 residents in Alto, Texas (Cherokee County) through 435 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 98 total violations for this system , of which 21 (21%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 58 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Chlorine, recorded in 34 violations (MR). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Texas, EPA tracks 7,351 public water systems serving 33,253,313 people, with 746,210 cumulative violations and 162,945 health-based violations on record. About 90% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 101.5 violations. Statewide, 1,068 of 1,147 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (93.1%).

Alto Rural WSC Central High Plant's 98 violations sit below the Texas average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.