Community Water System · PWS TX2010012
Crystal Farms WSC
Operator location Tatum, Texas - 58% of 104 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,578 served per SDWIS.
- 1,578
- People served (this PWS)
- 104
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 60
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Crystal Farms WSC standing, high SDWIS violation third
58% of 104 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 58% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,491 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Crystal Farms WSC sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (104), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,578 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 58% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,491 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,889 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 104
- Total EPA violations on record
- 58%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 526
- County
- Rusk
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 60
- Monitoring Violations
- 25
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 60 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MR | 8 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Crystal Farms WSC has 104 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 58% of this system's own violations are health-based (60 of 104), and it ranks #15,491 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)
104 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% 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 Crystal Farms WSC
60 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX2010012.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
104 violations · 1,578 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Crystal Farms WSC
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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