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City of Wortham

Serves Wortham, Freestone County, TX · 980 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Wortham in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • TX0810003
  • WORTHAM
  • TX
  • 980 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 76693
EPA system ID TX0810003

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • City of Wortham buys its water from City of Mexia.
  • Record on file since 2004, with 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 120 unknown out of 569 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
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved

Full record since 2004

EPA's records for City of Wortham go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (8 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 11 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
2020s 1 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began March 2006, Resolved.

Show all 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.136 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 2004 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 2004 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2004 Archived
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 2004 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 2004 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2004 Resolved

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 Wortham buys its water from City of Mexia. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

City of Wortham 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

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