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Community Water System · PWS TX1080088

Hidalgo County MUD 1

Operator location Mission, Texas - 37% of 118 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 8,420 served per SDWIS.

8,420
People served (this PWS)
118
EPA violations (this PWS)
44
Health-based (this PWS)
3 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Hidalgo County MUD 1 standing, high SDWIS violation third

37% of 118 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 37% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #5,402 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Hidalgo County MUD 1 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (118), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (8,420; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 37% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 3 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).

#5,402 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#485 of 3,040
Population · TX
118
Total EPA violations on record
37%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

3 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
3,088
County
Hidalgo
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
44
Monitoring Violations
56
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 21 2005
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 20 2024
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 17 2024
Coliform (TCR) MCL 14 2011
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 9 2005
CARBON, TOTAL MR 8 2016
Coliform (TCR) MR 7 2005
Public Notice Other 4 2011
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2017

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Hidalgo County MUD 1 has 118 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 37% of this system's own violations are health-based (44 of 118), and it ranks #5,402 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)

118 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 7 of 83 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFDA 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/11/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/11/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/11/2025 3.80 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFUnA 8/11/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/11/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/11/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/11/2025 5.80 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFEESA 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/11/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/11/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/11/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/11/2025 3.90 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 8/11/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/11/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/11/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/11/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/11/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/20/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/20/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/20/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/20/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/20/2025 5.70 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
HFPO-DA 5/20/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/20/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/20/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/20/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/20/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/20/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/20/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/20/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/20/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Hidalgo County MUD 1

44 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1080088.

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

Nationwide peers

118 violations · 8,420 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Hidalgo County MUD 1

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
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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