Community Water System · PWS TX1290021
North Kaufman WSC
Operator location Kaufman, Texas - 28% of 43 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 3,174 served per SDWIS.
- 3,174
- People served (this PWS)
- 43
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
North Kaufman WSC standing, mid SDWIS violation third
28% of 43 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 28% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,220 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
North Kaufman WSC lands in the middle third by violation volume (43), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 3,174 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 28% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,220 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,215 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 43
- Total EPA violations on record
- 28%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 1,058
- County
- Kaufman
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 15
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 12 | 2007 |
| Nitrate | MR | 9 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2020 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
North Kaufman WSC has 43 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 47% carry more. 28% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 43), and it ranks #10,220 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)
43 Around the middle fewer violations than 47% 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 North Kaufman WSC
12 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1290021.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
43 violations · 3,174 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with North Kaufman WSC
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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