Community Water System · PWS TX0670004
City of Ranger
Operator location Ranger, Texas - 23% of 412 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,629 served per SDWIS.
- 2,629
- People served (this PWS)
- 412
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 96
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Ranger standing, high SDWIS violation third
23% of 412 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 23% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,520 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Ranger sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (412), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,629 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 23% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,520 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,406 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 412
- Total EPA violations on record
- 23%
- 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
- 1,556
- County
- Eastland
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 68
- Monitoring Violations
- 200
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 28
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 117 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 92 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MCL | 53 | 2018 |
| Chlorine | MR | 41 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 24 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MR | 16 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 16 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 15 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 2012 |
| Nitrite | MR | 2 | 2012 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Ranger has 412 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 23% of this system's own violations are health-based (96 of 412), and it ranks #11,520 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)
412 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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 Ranger
96 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0670004.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
412 violations · 2,629 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 Ranger
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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