Community Water System · PWS TX2040001
City of Shepherd
Operator location Shepherd, Texas - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,411 people served; 186 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 3,411
- People served (this PWS)
- 186
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Shepherd standing, high SDWIS violation third
3,411 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,783 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Shepherd sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (186), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,411; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #9,783 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,161 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 186
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- 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
- 1,245
- County
- San Jacinto
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 152
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 135 | 2020 |
| Public Notice | Other | 15 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 9 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 4 | 2022 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Shepherd has 186 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 186), and it ranks #9,783 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)
186 Higher than most more violations than 84% 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 City of Shepherd
EPA SDWIS lists 3,411 people served and 1,245 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
186 violations · 3,411 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Shepherd
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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