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Goodsprings WSC

Serves an area of Rusk County, TX · 2,541 people served

Federal records show 10 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Goodsprings WSC in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • TX2010016
  • HENDERSON
  • TX
  • 2,541 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 75654
EPA system ID TX2010016

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

Key facts

  • Goodsprings WSC draws water from 6 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, May 2020.
  • Record on file since 2003, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 873 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 28, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2003

EPA's records for Goodsprings WSC go back to 2003. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

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

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began October 2016, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.096 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.079 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.097 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Goodsprings WSC between 2017 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 12, 2020 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 4 violations (4 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Feb 22, 2017 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 11 violations (11 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

9 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Goodsprings WSC draws water from 6 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Goodsprings WSC Plant C. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Goodsprings WSC.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Goodsprings WSC 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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