Public water system record

Hart Municipal Water System

Serves Hart, Castro County, TX · 1,000 people served

Federal records show 6 health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Hart Municipal Water System in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

TX0350002
HART
TX
1,000 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater

ZIP 79043

EPA system ID TX0350002

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Health-based violations, last 10 years: 6
Resolved: 5
Unresolved: 1
Any acute record: No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years: 10

Key facts

Hart Municipal Water System draws water from 2 wells.
Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Benzene, 0.009 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.8 times the limit), 2023.
Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, March 2025.
Record on file since 1992, with 2 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
Benzene Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.007 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)	310	Jan 1, 2024	Resolved	No
Benzene Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.008 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)	310	Oct 1, 2023	Resolved	No
Benzene Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.009 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)	310	Jul 1, 2023	Resolved	No
Benzene Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.009 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)	310	Apr 1, 2023	Resolved	No
Benzene Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.007 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)	310	Jan 1, 2023	Resolved	No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue	Start date	Status
Lead and Copper Rule Monitoring and reporting	Oct 1, 2025	Active
Consumer Confidence Rule OTHER	Jul 1, 2025	Active
Public Notice OTHER	May 1, 2025	Resolved
Chlorine Monitoring and reporting	Apr 1, 2025	Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT	Oct 17, 2024	Active
Consumer Confidence Rule OTHER	Jul 2, 2024	Active
Public Notice OTHER	Feb 2, 2024	Resolved
Public Notice OTHER	Nov 22, 2023	Resolved
Public Notice OTHER	Oct 1, 2020	Resolved
Chlorine Monitoring and reporting	Apr 1, 2019	Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Hart Municipal Water System go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in	Health-based	Monitoring and reporting
1990s	2	4
2010 to October 18, 2016	0	2
October 19, 2016 to 2019	0	1
2020s	6	9

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 1993, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016

Contaminant	Start date	Status
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Jul 1, 1993	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Mar 1, 1992	Archived

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Hart Municipal Water System in 2025. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in March 2025.

Date	By	Action	Violations covered
Mar 5, 2025	Texas	Compliance order with a penalty	3 violations (3 health-based): Benzene

What the violations mean

Benzene

5 incidents

Test results for Benzene were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

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.

Where the water comes from

Hart Municipal Water System draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Hart Municipal Water System 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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