Question 1

Is City of New Deal water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

City of New Deal (PWS ID: TX1520015) has 95 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 729 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does City of New Deal serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that City of New Deal serves 729 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of New Deal or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 309 service connections. The operator address is listed in New Deal, Texas.

Question 3

What type of violations does City of New Deal have?

Accepted Answer

City of New Deal has 95 total violations: 8 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 73 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in City of New Deal water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for City of New Deal under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does City of New Deal use?

Accepted Answer

City of New Deal uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does City of New Deal sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), City of New Deal ranks #23,813 of 29,740 by people served, and #2,616 of 3,040 in Texas. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does City of New Deal's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

City of New Deal has 95 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 28% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 72% of that cohort has fewer violations than City of New Deal. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	8	2012
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	5	2011
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	4	2021
Fluoride	MCL	3	1984
Public Notice	Other	2	2008
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	2	2020
Antimony, Total	MR	2	2022
Aldicarb sulfone	MR	2	2022
Arsenic	MR	2	2022
Picloram	MR	2	2022
Cadmium	MR	2	2022
Mercury	MR	2	2022
Carbofuran	MR	2	2022
Dinoseb	MR	2	2022
OXAMYL	MR	2	2022
Fluoride	MR	2	2022
Barium	MR	2	2022
Selenium	MR	2	2022
2,4-D	MR	2	2022
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	2	2022
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	2	2022
2,4,5-TP	MR	2	2022
Dalapon	MR	2	2022
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	2	2022
Chromium	MR	2	2022
Aldicarb	MR	2	2022
Thallium, Total	MR	2	2022
Beryllium, Total	MR	2	2022
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	1	2020
Chlordane	MR	1	2020

City of New Deal

City of New Deal standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for City of New Deal

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints