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Community Water System · PWS TX2400022

Webb County Water Utilities

Operator location Laredo, Texas - 46% of 767 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 8,358 served per SDWIS.

8,358
People served (this PWS)
767
EPA violations (this PWS)
356
Health-based (this PWS)
2 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Webb County Water Utilities standing, high SDWIS violation third

46% of 767 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 46% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #5,437 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Webb County Water Utilities sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (767), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (8,358; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 46% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#5,437 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#489 of 3,040
Population · TX
767
Total EPA violations on record
46%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
2,786
County
Webb
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
162
Monitoring Violations
295
Treatment Tech Violations
194

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 173 2018
TTHM MCL 137 2025
Public Notice Other 88 2024
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 75 2015
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 62 2015
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 22 2023
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 19 2014
Lead and Copper Rule MR 8 2019
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 8 2017
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 6 2008
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 6 2008
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 6 2008
Vinyl chloride MR 6 2008
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 6 2008
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 6 2008
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 6 2008
Carbon tetrachloride MR 6 2008
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 6 2008
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 6 2008
CHLOROBENZENE MR 6 2008
Benzene MR 6 2008
Toluene MR 6 2008
Ethylbenzene MR 6 2008
Styrene MR 6 2008
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 6 2008
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 6 2008
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 6 2008
Trichloroethylene MR 6 2008
Tetrachloroethylene MR 6 2008
Coliform (TCR) MR 6 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Webb County Water Utilities has 767 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 46% of this system's own violations are health-based (356 of 767), and it ranks #5,437 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)

767 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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. 4 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFMBA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/22/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/22/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/22/2024 3.40 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 7/22/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/22/2024 5.10 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
HFPO-DA 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/22/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/22/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/22/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/22/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/22/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/22/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/23/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/23/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/23/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/23/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/23/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Webb County Water Utilities

356 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX2400022.

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

Nationwide peers

767 violations · 8,358 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 Webb County Water Utilities

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