Community Water System · PWS TX2030013
El Pinon Estates Water System
Operator location Des Peres, Texas - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 131 people served; 1,356 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 131
- People served (this PWS)
- 1,356
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 201
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
El Pinon Estates Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
131 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
El Pinon Estates Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,356), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (131; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 1,356
- Total EPA violations on record
- 15%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 131
- 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
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 56
- County
- San Augustine
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 197
- Monitoring Violations
- 882
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 188 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MCL | 165 | 2025 |
| Chlorine | MR | 102 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 98 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MR | 80 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 80 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 75 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 36 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 32 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 29 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 20 | 2024 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Fluoride | MR | 13 | 2011 |
| Cadmium | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 11 | 2008 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 2008 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
El Pinon Estates Water System has 1,356 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (201 of 1,356), 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)
1,356 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ 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 El Pinon Estates Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 131 people served and 56 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
1,356 violations · 131 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.
What to do with El Pinon Estates Water System
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