Community Water System · PWS TX1520198
Valley Estates
Operator location Shallowater, Texas - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 68 people served; 4,987 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 68
- People served (this PWS)
- 4,987
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 752
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Valley Estates standing, high SDWIS violation third
68 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Valley Estates sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (4,987), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (68; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 4,987
- Total EPA violations on record
- 15%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 68
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 34
- County
- Lubbock
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 750
- Monitoring Violations
- 3,464
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 650 | 2025 |
| Fluoride | MR | 275 | 2024 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 252 | 2024 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 252 | 2024 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 247 | 2024 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 211 | 2025 |
| Selenium | MCL | 204 | 2025 |
| Chlorine | MR | 180 | 2025 |
| Arsenic | MR | 180 | 2024 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 174 | 2025 |
| Selenium | MR | 163 | 2024 |
| Combined Uranium | MCL | 161 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 100 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 76 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 61 | 2024 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| Toluene | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 38 | 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 38 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Valley Estates has 4,987 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (752 of 4,987), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
4,987 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ 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
Population served record for Valley Estates
EPA SDWIS lists 68 people served and 34 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
4,987 violations · 68 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.
What to do with Valley Estates
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.