Community Water System · PWS TX1540001
City of Brady Water System
Operator location Brady, Texas - 94% of 3,578 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 5,371 served per SDWIS.
- 5,371
- People served (this PWS) Larger third of systems
- 3,578
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 3,349
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS) Tested, none detected
City of Brady Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
94% of 3,578 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 94% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #7,385 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Brady Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (3,578), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (5,371; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 94% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #7,385 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #791 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 3,578
- Total EPA violations on record
- 94%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3,291
- County
- McCulloch
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3,330
- Monitoring Violations
- 77
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 19
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 1,839 | 2024 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 1,426 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 82 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MCL | 60 | 2011 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 17 | 2019 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 17 | 2019 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 13 | 2013 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 11 | 2019 |
| E. COLI | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2013 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 6 | 2013 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2019 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 4 | 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2003 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 1 | 2012 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 1 | 2012 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 1 | 2012 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1992 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 1 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 1993 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 1 | 2012 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 1 | 2012 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Brady Water System has 3,578 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 94% of this system's own violations are health-based (3,349 of 3,578), and it ranks #7,385 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)
3,578 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
City of Brady Water System plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 29 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFUnA | 6/2/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/2/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/2/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/2/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/2/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/2/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/2/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/2/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/2/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on City of Brady Water System
3,349 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1540001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
3,578 violations · 5,371 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Brady Water System
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