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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS TX1810131

Orange Carbon Black Plant

Operator location Orange, Texas - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 42 people served; 34 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

42
People served (this PWS)
34
EPA violations (this PWS)
4
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Orange Carbon Black Plant standing, mid SDWIS violation third

42 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Orange Carbon Black Plant lands in the middle third by violation volume (34), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (42; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

34
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
42
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
24
County
Orange
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
19
Treatment Tech Violations
4

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 12 2016
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 4 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 4 2024
Public Notice Other 4 2025
Chlorine MR 4 2008
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 3 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Orange Carbon Black Plant has 34 recorded EPA violations, 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 54% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 34), 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)

34 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

Population served record for Orange Carbon Black Plant

EPA SDWIS lists 42 people served and 24 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

34 violations · 42 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Orange Carbon Black Plant

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
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater