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Port Alto HOA District 1

Serves an area of Calhoun County, TX · 213 people served

Federal records show 10 health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Port Alto HOA District 1 in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • TX0290027
  • PORT LAVACA
  • TX
  • 213 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 77979
EPA system ID TX0290027

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
10
Resolved
8
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Port Alto HOA District 1 draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, May 2023.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 68 service lines.

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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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Port Alto HOA District 1 go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 31 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 2 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 4 29
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 2
2020s 7 1

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

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.097 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Port Alto HOA District 1 between 2015 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 2, 2023 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 11, 2017 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 5 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 12, 2015 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 15 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Public Notice, Lead and Copper Rule

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

10 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Port Alto HOA District 1 draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Port Alto HOA District 1 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Port Alto HOA District 1 for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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