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Coleman County SUD

Serves an area of Coleman County, TX that includes Novice and Valera · 5,000 people served

Federal records show 8 health-based violations and 32 monitoring/reporting issues for Coleman County SUD in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • TX0420034
  • COLEMAN
  • TX
  • 5,000 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 76834
EPA system ID TX0420034

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
8
Resolved
6
Unresolved
1
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
32

Key facts

  • Coleman County SUD buys its water from City of Coleman and Brookesmith Special Utility District.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, March 2023.
  • Record on file since 2004, with 21 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Dec 1, 2024 Resolved No
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2016 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 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
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 15, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2025 Active
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 4, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 19, 2024 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 27, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2022 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 23, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 25, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 18, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 18, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 24, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 11, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 11, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 23, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 23, 2017 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 14, 2015 Active
Enforcement action in place
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 30, 2015 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved

Full record since 2004

EPA's records for Coleman County SUD go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list 21 health-based violations (21 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 4 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 17 10
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 12
2020s 4 15

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began October 2016, Resolved.

Show all 21 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.103 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.111 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.11 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.117 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.119 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 1.86 mg/L, federal limit 1 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Nitrite (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 2.3 mg/L, federal limit 1 mg/L (2.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.117 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.103 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.107 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.104 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.142 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.126 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.109 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2004 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Coleman County SUD between 2016 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in March 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 13, 2023 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 6 violations: Lead and Copper Rule, Public Notice
Jun 13, 2017 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 6 violations (6 health-based): Nitrite, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jan 28, 2016 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 17 violations (13 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Public Notice

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

3 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Lead and Copper Rule

2 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

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

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

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

Coleman County SUD buys its water from City of Coleman and Brookesmith Special Utility District. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Coleman County SUD 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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