Community Water System · PWS TX0460001
New Braunfels Utilities
Operator location New Braunfels, Texas - larger served population (> 3,309) at 116,477 people served; 14 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 116,477
- People served (this PWS)
- 14
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
New Braunfels Utilities standing, low SDWIS violation third
116,477 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #397 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
New Braunfels Utilities is in the lower third by violation count (14; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is large (116,477; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #397 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #37 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 14
- Total EPA violations on record
- 14%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 50,340
- County
- Comal
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MCL | 2 | 1996 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
New Braunfels Utilities has 14 recorded EPA violations, 24% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 75% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 14), and it ranks #397 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)
14 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 75% 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. 12 of 696 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFBA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/18/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/18/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/18/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/18/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/18/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/18/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for New Braunfels Utilities
EPA SDWIS lists 116,477 people served and 50,340 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
14 violations · 116,477 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
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 New Braunfels Utilities
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