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City of Petrolia

Serves Petrolia, Clay County, TX · 514 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 73 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Petrolia in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • TX0390002
  • PETROLIA
  • TX
  • 514 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 76377
EPA system ID TX0390002

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
0
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
73

Key facts

  • City of Petrolia draws water from 8 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, April 2016.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 27 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

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 3, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
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.
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2025 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 6, 2025 Active
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2024 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 21, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 16, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 16, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 16, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 16, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 1, 2019 Active
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 7, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 7, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 20, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 29, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 7, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2017 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 May 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 10, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2016 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for City of Petrolia go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 27 health-based violations (27 resolved) and 19 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 13 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 14 17
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 29
2020s 1 41

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2015, Resolved.

Show all 27 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)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.13 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.167 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.22 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.8 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.072 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.253 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (3.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.281 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (3.5 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.215 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.7 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.161 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.167 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.17 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.162 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.137 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.133 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.135 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.137 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.154 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.165 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.177 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.184 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.165 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.121 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.185 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against City of Petrolia between 2008 and 2016. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in April 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 8, 2016 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 8 violations (2 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Feb 10, 2013 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 9 violations (9 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Apr 28, 2008 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 13 violations (13 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.

Where the water comes from

City of Petrolia draws water from 8 wells.

Annual water quality report

City of Petrolia 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.

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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