Community Water System · PWS TX0850014
South Garza WSC
Operator location Post, Texas - 71% of 130 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 216 served per SDWIS.
- 216
- People served (this PWS)
- 130
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 92
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
South Garza WSC standing, high SDWIS violation third
71% of 130 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 71% is upper-third health share (> 23%).
The verdict
South Garza WSC sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (130), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (216; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 71% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 130
- Total EPA violations on record
- 71%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 216
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 72
- County
- Garza
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 89
- Monitoring Violations
- 18
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 89 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 13 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 10 | 2011 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 1 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
South Garza WSC has 130 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 71% of this system's own violations are health-based (92 of 130), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
130 Higher than most more violations than 78% 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 South Garza WSC
92 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0850014.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
130 violations · 216 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.
What to do with South Garza WSC
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