Community Water System · PWS TX2220002
Terrell County Wcid 1
Operator location Sanderson, Texas - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 800 people served; 123 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 800
- People served (this PWS)
- 123
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Terrell County Wcid 1 standing, high SDWIS violation third
800 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #22,703 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Terrell County Wcid 1 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (123), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (800; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #22,703 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #2,503 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 123
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- 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
- 471
- County
- Terrell
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 60
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 26 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 21 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 20 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| E. COLI | MR | 11 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2016 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 2 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Terrell County Wcid 1 has 123 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 123), and it ranks #22,703 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)
123 Higher than most more violations than 77% 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 Terrell County Wcid 1
EPA SDWIS lists 800 people served and 471 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
123 violations · 800 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 smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Terrell County Wcid 1
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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