Community Water System · PWS TX0700002
City of Ferris
Operator location Ferris, Texas - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 95 EPA violations; surface water source; 3,070 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 3,070
- People served (this PWS)
- 95
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 14
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Ferris standing, high SDWIS violation third
95 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,450 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Ferris sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (95), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,070 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,450 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,258 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 95
- Total EPA violations on record
- 15%
- 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
- 1,356
- County
- Ellis
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 10
- Monitoring Violations
- 51
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | MCL | 10 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2025 |
| E. COLI | MR | 6 | 2017 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2004 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Chlordane | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| LASSO | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Atrazine | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Simazine | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 2017 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Ferris has 95 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 95), and it ranks #10,450 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)
95 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for City of Ferris
95 violations on record for TX0700002; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
95 violations · 3,070 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 Ferris
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