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City of Odessa

Serves Odessa, Ector County, TX · 123,334 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Odessa in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • TX0680002
  • ODESSA
  • TX
  • 123,334 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 79760
EPA system ID TX0680002

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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

  • City of Odessa draws water from 6 surface water intakes.
  • Record on file since 1982, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,207 unknown out of 17,971 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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Feb 1, 2021 Resolved Yes
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Oct 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
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2021 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 12, 2019 Active
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2019 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1982

EPA's records for City of Odessa go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 4 0
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 6
2020s 1 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began August 1983, Archived.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 9, 1983 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1983 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 11, 1983 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 18, 1982 Archived

What the violations mean

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

2 incidents

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

City of Odessa draws water from 6 surface water intakes. It also buys water from System TX1140038 and Colorado River Municipal Water District. 2 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from City of Odessa.

Buys water from

  • System TX1140038
  • Colorado River Municipal Water District Big Spring, TX

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Odessa 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.

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