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Community Water System · PWS TX2510001

City of Denver City

Operator location Denver City, Texas - 70% of 79 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 5,500 served per SDWIS.

5,500
People served (this PWS)
79
EPA violations (this PWS)
55
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

City of Denver City standing, high SDWIS violation third

70% of 79 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 70% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #7,272 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

City of Denver City sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (79), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (5,500; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 70% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#7,272 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#766 of 3,040
Population · TX
79
Total EPA violations on record
70%
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
2,034
County
Yoakum
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
55
Monitoring Violations
18
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Arsenic MCL 52 2012
E. COLI MR 9 2021
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2017
Coliform (TCR) MR 4 2011
Fluoride MCL 3 1983
Chlorine MR 1 2025

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

City of Denver City has 79 recorded EPA violations, 68% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 32% carry more. 70% of this system's own violations are health-based (55 of 79), and it ranks #7,272 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)

79 Around the middle fewer violations than 32% 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. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFMPA 5/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/21/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/21/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/21/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/21/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/21/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/21/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 11/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 11/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 11/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 11/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 11/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 11/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 11/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 11/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 11/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 11/20/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 11/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 11/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 11/20/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 11/20/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on City of Denver City

55 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX2510001.

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

Nationwide peers

79 violations · 5,500 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with City of Denver City

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