Community Water System · PWS TX0840001
Galveston County Wcid 1
Operator location Dickinson, Texas - 26% of 31 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 30,399 served per SDWIS.
- 30,399
- People served (this PWS)
- 31
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Galveston County Wcid 1 standing, mid SDWIS violation third
26% of 31 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%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #1,825 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Galveston County Wcid 1 lands in the middle third by violation volume (31), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (30,399; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 26% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #1,825 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #138 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 31
- 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.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 10,133
- County
- Galveston
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 14
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2008 |
| Chlorine | MR | 5 | 2015 |
| E. COLI | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2008 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MCL | 2 | 1985 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2004 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Galveston County Wcid 1 has 31 recorded EPA violations, 43% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 56% carry more. 26% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 31), and it ranks #1,825 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)
31 Lower than most fewer violations than 56% 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. 9 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFBS | 7/17/2023 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/17/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/17/2023 | 41.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/17/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/17/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/17/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/17/2023 | 4.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/17/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/17/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/17/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/17/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/17/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/17/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/17/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/17/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/17/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/17/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/17/2023 | 7.90 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/17/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/17/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/17/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/3/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/3/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/3/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/3/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/3/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/3/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/3/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/3/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/3/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/3/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/3/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/3/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/3/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/3/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Galveston County Wcid 1
8 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0840001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
31 violations · 30,399 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Galveston County Wcid 1
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