Public water system record
City of Red Oak
Serves Red Oak, Ellis County, TX · 18,577 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Red Oak in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- City of Red Oak buys its water from Dallas Water Utility.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Texas, May 1991.
- Record on file since 1979, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,127 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 10, 2011 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 27, 2011 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for City of Red Oak go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2 | 0 |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 15 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1991, Archived.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 2, 1979 | Archived |
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 2, 1979 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Texas regulators issued 1 boil water order to City of Red Oak in 1991. The most recent was a boil water order in May 1991.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1991 | Texas | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
City of Red Oak buys its water from Dallas Water Utility. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Rockett SUD and City of Glenn Heights. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Red Oak.
Buys water from
- Dallas Water Utility Dallas, TX
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Rockett SUD Red Oak, TX
- City of Glenn Heights Glenn Heights, TX
Annual water quality report
City of Red Oak 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells