Public water system record

Little Elm Valley WSC

Serves an area of Bell County, TX that includes Temple and Troy · 2,127 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Little Elm Valley WSC in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

TX0140025
CAMERON
TX
2,127 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water

ZIP 76520

EPA system ID TX0140025

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Health-based violations, last 10 years: 2
Resolved: 1
Unresolved: 1
Any acute record: No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years: 2

Key facts

Little Elm Valley WSC draws water from 1 well.
Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2016.
Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, January 2017.
Record on file since 1979, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant	Rule family	Start date	Status	Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS Treatment technique failure	350	Oct 17, 2024	Active	No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)	220	Oct 1, 2016	Resolved	No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue	Start date	Status
Chlorine Monitoring and reporting	Jul 1, 2025	Archived Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT	Oct 17, 2024	Active

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Little Elm Valley WSC go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (7 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in	Health-based	Monitoring and reporting
1970s	2	0
2010 to October 18, 2016	7	1
2020s	1	2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began October 2016, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016

Contaminant	Start date	Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)	Oct 1, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.138 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)	Jul 1, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.131 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)	Apr 1, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.131 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)	Jan 1, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.096 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)	Oct 1, 2015	Resolved
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Sep 1, 2014	Resolved
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	May 1, 2012	Resolved
Fluoride Contaminant limit exceeded	Jul 17, 1979	Archived
Fluoride Contaminant limit exceeded	Jul 17, 1979	Archived

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Little Elm Valley WSC in 2017. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in January 2017.

Date	By	Action	Violations covered
Jan 20, 2017	Texas	Compliance order with a penalty	5 violations (5 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Little Elm Valley WSC draws water from 1 well. It also buys water from Central Texas WSC.

Buys water from

Central Texas WSC Harker Heights, TX

Annual water quality report

Little Elm Valley WSC must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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