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Nazareth Municipal Water System

Serves Nazareth, Castro County, TX · 311 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Nazareth Municipal Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • TX0350003
  • NAZARETH
  • TX
  • 311 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 79063
EPA system ID TX0350003

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
10

Key facts

  • Nazareth Municipal Water System draws water from 6 wells.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Texas, June 2019.
  • Record on file since 1983, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 11 unknown out of 184 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Jun 1, 2019 Resolved Yes

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
 Dec 30, 2025 Active
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 17, 2025 Active
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 19, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2017 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 30, 2015 Resolved

Full record since 1983

EPA's records for Nazareth Municipal Water System go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 18 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 1 0
1990s 2 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 12
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 2
2020s 1 5

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 1992, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1992 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1992 Archived
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 12, 1983 Archived

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Nazareth Municipal Water System and issued 1 boil water order between 1994 and 2019. The most recent was a boil water order in June 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 6, 2019 Texas Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule
Jan 10, 1994 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 8 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform

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.

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

Nazareth Municipal Water System draws water from 6 wells.

Annual water quality report

Nazareth 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.

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 Nazareth Municipal Water System for a copy.

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