Community Water System · PWS TX2050007
City of Taft
Operator location Taft, Texas - 25% of 61 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 4,941 served per SDWIS.
- 4,941
- People served (this PWS)
- 61
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 2 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Taft standing, mid SDWIS violation third
25% of 61 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 25% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #7,800 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Taft lands in the middle third by violation volume (61), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (4,941; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 25% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #7,800 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #859 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 61
- Total EPA violations on record
- 25%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
2 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,647
- County
- San Patricio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MCL | 8 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 7 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2006 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2023 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Taft has 61 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 25% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 61), and it ranks #7,800 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)
61 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 4 of 62 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMeFOSAA | 8/25/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/25/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/25/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/12/2025 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBA | 8/12/2025 | 35.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/12/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/15/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/15/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/15/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/15/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 1/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 1/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 1/27/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 1/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 1/27/2025 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 1/27/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 1/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 1/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 1/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 1/27/2025 | 7.50 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 1/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 1/27/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 1/27/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 1/27/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 1/27/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 1/27/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 1/27/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on City of Taft
15 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX2050007.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
61 violations · 4,941 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Taft
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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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.