Question 1

Is City of Lawn water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

City of Lawn (PWS ID: TX2210005) has 975 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 767 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does City of Lawn serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that City of Lawn serves 767 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Lawn or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 327 service connections. The operator address is listed in Lawn, Texas.

Question 3

What type of violations does City of Lawn have?

Accepted Answer

City of Lawn has 975 total violations: 187 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 613 monitoring/reporting violations, and 63 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in City of Lawn water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for City of Lawn under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does City of Lawn use?

Accepted Answer

City of Lawn uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does City of Lawn sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), City of Lawn ranks #23,104 of 29,740 by people served, and #2,546 of 3,040 in Texas. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does City of Lawn's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

City of Lawn has 975 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 1% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 99% of that cohort has fewer violations than City of Lawn. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Public Notice	Other	103	2024
TTHM	MCL	86	2016
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	76	2021
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	60	2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	38	2010
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	35	2016
Coliform (TCR)	MR	20	2014
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	20	2019
Xylenes, Total	MR	14	2013
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	14	2013
Vinyl chloride	MR	14	2013
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	14	2013
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	14	2013
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	14	2013
Trichloroethylene	MR	14	2013
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	14	2013
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	14	2013
Benzene	MR	14	2013
Ethylbenzene	MR	14	2013
Styrene	MR	14	2013
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	14	2013
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	14	2013
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	14	2013
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	14	2013
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	14	2013
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	14	2013
Toluene	MR	14	2013
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	14	2013
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	14	2013
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	12	2023

City of Lawn

City of Lawn standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for City of Lawn

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints