Community Water System · PWS TX1570002
Tdcj Ferguson Unit
Operator location Huntsville, Texas - 39% of 33 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 3,043 served per SDWIS.
- 3,043
- People served (this PWS)
- 33
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Tdcj Ferguson Unit standing, mid SDWIS violation third
39% of 33 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 39% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,497 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Tdcj Ferguson Unit lands in the middle third by violation volume (33), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 3,043 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 39% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,497 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,264 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 33
- Total EPA violations on record
- 39%
- 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
- State
- Connections
- 881
- County
- Madison
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 1
- Monitoring Violations
- 6
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 12
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 8 | 2022 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 1992 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 1 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Tdcj Ferguson Unit has 33 recorded EPA violations, 45% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 54% carry more. 39% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 33), and it ranks #10,497 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)
33 Lower than most fewer violations than 54% 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 Tdcj Ferguson Unit
13 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1570002.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
33 violations · 3,043 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 Tdcj Ferguson Unit
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