Community Water System · PWS TX2210015
Sun WSC
Operator location Merkel, Texas - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,420 people served; 37 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 3,420
- People served (this PWS)
- 37
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sun WSC standing, mid SDWIS violation third
3,420 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,775 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sun WSC lands in the middle third by violation volume (37), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (3,420; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #9,775 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,160 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 37
- Total EPA violations on record
- 22%
- 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
- 1,140
- County
- Taylor
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 15 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MCL | 8 | 2005 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2004 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2021 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sun WSC has 37 recorded EPA violations, 48% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 51% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 37), and it ranks #9,775 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)
37 Lower than most fewer violations than 51% 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 Sun WSC
EPA SDWIS lists 3,420 people served and 1,140 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
37 violations · 3,420 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 Sun WSC
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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