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Goodsprings WSC Plant C

Serves an area of Rusk County, TX · 363 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Goodsprings WSC Plant C in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • TX2010038
  • HENDERSON
  • TX
  • 363 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 75654
EPA system ID TX2010038

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Goodsprings WSC Plant C draws water from 1 well.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2024.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, May 2013.
  • Record on file since 2008, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2 unknown out of 132 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 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2024 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
 Jul 25, 2023 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 29, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 22, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 2008

EPA's records for Goodsprings WSC Plant C go back to 2008. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 8 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 2 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2013, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.109 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 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, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.117 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.12 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Goodsprings WSC Plant C in 2013. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in May 2013.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 2, 2013 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 8 violations (8 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

2 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

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

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Goodsprings WSC Plant C 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 Goodsprings WSC Plant C for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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