PlainWater

Community Water System · PWS TX0910035

Ridgecrest

Operator location Austin, Texas - 90% of 405 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,968 served per SDWIS.

1,968
People served (this PWS)
405
EPA violations (this PWS)
365
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Ridgecrest standing, high SDWIS violation third

90% of 405 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 90% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #13,787 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Ridgecrest sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (405), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,968 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 90% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#13,787 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,687 of 3,040
Population · TX
405
Total EPA violations on record
90%
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
656
County
Grayson
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
365
Monitoring Violations
0
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 220 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 114 2021
Public Notice Other 20 2023
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MCL 14 2022
Coliform (TCR) MCL 10 2005
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MCL 7 2004

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Ridgecrest has 405 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 90% of this system's own violations are health-based (365 of 405), and it ranks #13,787 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)

405 Higher than most more violations than 94% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Ridgecrest

365 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0910035.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch

Nationwide peers

405 violations · 1,968 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Ridgecrest

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Texas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Texas systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater