Community Water System · PWS TX1520003
City of Shallowater
Operator location Shallowater, Texas - 59% of 121 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 3,119 served per SDWIS.
- 3,119
- People served (this PWS)
- 121
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 71
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Shallowater standing, high SDWIS violation third
59% of 121 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 59% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,336 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Shallowater sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (121), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,119 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 59% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,336 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,235 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 121
- Total EPA violations on record
- 59%
- 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
- 1,386
- County
- Lubbock
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 71
- Monitoring Violations
- 32
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MCL | 54 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 20 | 2021 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2020 |
| Selenium | MCL | 9 | 1995 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 8 | 1990 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Shallowater has 121 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 59% of this system's own violations are health-based (71 of 121), and it ranks #10,336 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)
121 Higher than most more violations than 77% 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 City of Shallowater
71 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1520003.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
121 violations · 3,119 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Shallowater
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