Community Water System · PWS TX1700322
Deer Glen Water System
Operator location Porter, Texas - 13% of 32 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 1,539 served per SDWIS.
- 1,539
- People served (this PWS)
- 32
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Deer Glen Water System standing, mid SDWIS violation third
13% of 32 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,663 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Deer Glen Water System lands in the middle third by violation volume (32), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,539 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,663 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,909 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 32
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 513
- County
- Montgomery
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 17
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2016 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2018 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2025 |
| Chlorine | MR | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Deer Glen Water System has 32 recorded EPA violations, 44% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 55% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 32), and it ranks #15,663 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)
32 Lower than most fewer violations than 55% 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 Deer Glen Water System
4 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1700322.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
32 violations · 1,539 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 Deer Glen Water System
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