Community Water System · PWS TX1920001
City of Big Lake
Operator location Big Lake, Texas - 11% of 37 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,965 served per SDWIS.
- 2,965
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 37
- EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
City of Big Lake standing, mid SDWIS violation third
11% of 37 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,759 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Big Lake lands in the middle third by violation volume (37), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,965 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,759 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,297 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 37
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- 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
- 1,976
- County
- Reagan
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 24
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 16 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2016 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 3 | 1982 |
| Groundwater Rule | Other | 2 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 1991 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Big Lake has 37 recorded EPA violations, 48% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 51% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 37), and it ranks #10,759 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)
37 Lower than most fewer violations than 51% 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
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
City of Big Lake 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
Health-based violations on City of Big Lake
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 TX1920001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
37 violations · 2,965 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 City of Big Lake
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
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