Community Water System · PWS TX0700020
City of Bardwell
Operator location Bardwell, Texas - 26% of 332 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 747 served per SDWIS.
- 747
- People served (this PWS)
- 332
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 86
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Bardwell standing, high SDWIS violation third
26% of 332 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 26% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #23,582 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Bardwell sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (332), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (747; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 26% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #23,582 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #2,580 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 332
- Total EPA violations on record
- 26%
- 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
- 249
- County
- Ellis
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 86
- Monitoring Violations
- 168
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | MCL | 82 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 52 | 2019 |
| Public Notice | Other | 42 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 17 | 2011 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2016 |
| Fluoride | MR | 12 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2022 |
| Nitrite | MCL | 4 | 2013 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2016 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | Other | 3 | 2002 |
| E. COLI | MR | 3 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Bardwell has 332 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 26% of this system's own violations are health-based (86 of 332), and it ranks #23,582 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)
332 Higher than most more violations than 92% 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 Bardwell
86 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0700020.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
332 violations · 747 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Bardwell
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