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City of Roby

Serves Roby, Fisher County, TX · 1,147 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 16 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Roby in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • TX0760001
  • ROBY
  • TX
  • 1,147 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 79543
EPA system ID TX0760001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
16

Key facts

  • City of Roby buys its water from City of Sweetwater.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, February 2015.
  • Record on file since 2003, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 4 lead and 0 unknown out of 259 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2025 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2025 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2024 Active
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 25, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 15, 2015 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 1, 2014 Resolved

Full record since 2003

EPA's records for City of Roby go back to 2003. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 42 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 14
2010 to October 18, 2016 5 28
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 6
2020s 1 8

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

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2014 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, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against City of Roby in 2015. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2015.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 23, 2015 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 12 violations: Chlorine, Public Notice
Feb 12, 2015 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 5 violations (5 health-based): Total Coliform, 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 Roby buys its water from City of Sweetwater. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from City of Roby.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Roby 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.

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