Community Water System · PWS TX0710078
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield
Operator location San Dimas, Texas - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations) with 18 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,961 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,961
- People served (this PWS)
- 18
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield standing, low SDWIS violation third
18 EPA SDWIS violations on record - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #10,772 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield is in the lower third by violation count (18; 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 mid-pack at 2,961 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #10,772 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,300 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 18
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 965
- County
- El Paso
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 1
- Monitoring Violations
- 5
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 1 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield has 18 recorded EPA violations, 29% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 70% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 18), and it ranks #10,772 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)
18 Lower than most fewer violations than 70% 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. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 2/21/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 2/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 2/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 2/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 2/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 2/21/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 2/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/21/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 2/21/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 10/25/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 10/25/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 10/25/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 10/25/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 10/25/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
SDWIS compliance record for Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield
18 violations on record for TX0710078; 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
18 violations · 2,961 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.
- Cheyenne Arapaho Concho EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
- Assiniboine & Sioux Rural Water System EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
- Poplar, City Of EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
- Torreon-Ojo Encino East - NTUA EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems 18violations
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Fort Bliss Biggs Army Airfield
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