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City of Jacksonville

Serves Jacksonville, Cherokee County, TX · 14,420 people served

Federal records show 4 health-based violations and 19 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Jacksonville in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • TX0370002
  • JACKSONVILLE
  • TX
  • 14,420 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 75766
EPA system ID TX0370002

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
4
Resolved
4
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
19

Key facts

  • City of Jacksonville draws water from 5 wells and 2 surface water intakes.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2024.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, August 2016.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 22 unknown out of 5,389 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 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved 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 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 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
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 15, 2021 Resolved
Aldicarb
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Carbofuran
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Aldicarb sulfone
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Aldicarb sulfoxide
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
OXAMYL
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Dinoseb
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Picloram
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Dalapon
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2015 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 24, 2015 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for City of Jacksonville go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (7 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 3
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 7 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 4 16

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

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.102 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Jacksonville in 2016. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in August 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 30, 2016 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 5 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Public Notice

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

4 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

City of Jacksonville draws water from 5 wells and 2 surface water intakes. 3 other community water systems buy water from City of Jacksonville. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Jacksonville.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Jacksonville 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Texas.

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