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Community Water System · PWS TX2260001

City of San Angelo

Operator location San Angelo, Texas - 61% of 23 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 105,229 served per SDWIS.

105,229
People served (this PWS)
23
EPA violations (this PWS)
14
Health-based (this PWS)
5 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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City of San Angelo standing, mid SDWIS violation third

61% of 23 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 61% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #459 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

City of San Angelo lands in the middle third by violation volume (23), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (105,229; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 61% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#459 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#42 of 3,040
Population · TX
23
Total EPA violations on record
61%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
42,137
County
Tom Green
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
14
Monitoring Violations
4
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 14 2024
Public Notice Other 2 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 2 2024
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 2 2005

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

City of San Angelo has 23 recorded EPA violations, 35% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 64% carry more. 61% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 23), and it ranks #459 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)

23 Lower than most fewer violations than 64% 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 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFTA 7/12/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/12/2023 7.90 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHpA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/12/2023 7.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/12/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/12/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/12/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/12/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/12/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/12/2023 6.40 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
HFPO-DA 7/12/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/12/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/12/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/19/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/19/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 4/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/19/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 4/19/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 4/19/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/19/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/19/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 4/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 4/19/2023 6.50 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFOS 4/19/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 4/19/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/19/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on City of San Angelo

14 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX2260001.

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

Nationwide peers

23 violations · 105,229 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with City of San Angelo

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
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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