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Community Water System · PWS TX0570047

City of Farmers Branch

Operator location Farmers Branch, Texas - 0% of 22 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 40,246 served per SDWIS.

40,246
People served (this PWS)
22
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
6 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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City of Farmers Branch standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 22 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 #1,375 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

City of Farmers Branch lands in the middle third by violation volume (22), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (40,246; 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 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#1,375 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#110 of 3,040
Population · TX
22
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.

PFAS Detected

6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
24,106
County
Dallas
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
18
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 8 2018
Coliform (TCR) MR 6 2014
Chlorine MR 4 2019
Public Notice Other 3 2015

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

City of Farmers Branch has 22 recorded EPA violations, 34% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 65% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 22), and it ranks #1,375 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)

22 Lower than most fewer violations than 65% 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

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 19 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHpA 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/23/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/23/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/23/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/23/2023 5.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 8/23/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/23/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/23/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/23/2023 6.80 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFHpS 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/23/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/23/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/23/2023 5.50 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFDoA 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/23/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/23/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/23/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/23/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/23/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/23/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/23/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/23/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/23/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/3/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/3/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/3/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/3/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/3/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/3/2023 12.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 5/3/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/3/2023 3.90 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFBA 5/3/2023 9.70 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFHpA 5/3/2023 3.30 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
ADONA 5/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/3/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/3/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on City of Farmers Branch

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 TX0570047.

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

Nationwide peers

22 violations · 40,246 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with City of Farmers Branch

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Texas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Texas systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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