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City of Browndell

Serves Browndell, Jasper County, TX · 265 people served

Federal records show 4 health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Browndell in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • TX1210048
  • BROOKELAND
  • TX
  • 265 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 75931
EPA system ID TX1210048

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
4
Resolved
4
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • City of Browndell draws water from 2 wells.
  • Record on file since 2005, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 131 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Mar 31, 2017 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 29, 2017 Active
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 27, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 27, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 2005

EPA's records for City of Browndell go back to 2005. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 5
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 3 9
2020s 1 2

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

3 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.

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 Browndell draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

City of Browndell 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask City of Browndell for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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