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Community Water System · PWS TX2210022

Steamboat Mountain WSC

Operator location Tuscola, Texas - 74% of 85 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 8,178 served per SDWIS.

8,178
People served (this PWS)
85
EPA violations (this PWS)
63
Health-based (this PWS)
3 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Steamboat Mountain WSC standing, high SDWIS violation third

74% of 85 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 74% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #5,522 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Steamboat Mountain WSC sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (85), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (8,178; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 74% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 3 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).

#5,522 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#502 of 3,040
Population · TX
85
Total EPA violations on record
74%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

3 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
2,726
County
Taylor
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
63
Monitoring Violations
9
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 63 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 2006
Chlorine MR 4 2015
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2020
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Steamboat Mountain WSC has 85 recorded EPA violations, 70% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 30% carry more. 74% of this system's own violations are health-based (63 of 85), and it ranks #5,522 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)

85 Around the middle fewer violations than 30% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 14 of 232 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
HFPO-DA 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/20/2024 5.40 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
6:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/20/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/20/2024 4.70 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMBA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/20/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/20/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/20/2024 5.10 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFTrDA 8/20/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/20/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/20/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/20/2024 5.60 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
NFDHA 8/20/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Steamboat Mountain WSC

63 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX2210022.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch

Nationwide peers

85 violations · 8,178 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Steamboat Mountain WSC

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Texas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Texas systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater