Public water system record

Beechwood WSC

Serves an area of Sabine County, TX · 1,138 people served

Federal records show 25 health-based violations and 22 monitoring/reporting issues for Beechwood WSC in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • TX2020014
  • HEMPHILL
  • TX
  • 1,138 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 75948
EPA system ID TX2020014

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
25
Resolved
24
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
22

Key facts

  • Beechwood WSC buys its water from South Sabine WSC.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.39 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (4.9 times the limit), 2018.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, February 2019.
  • Record on file since 2001, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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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 Active No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.156 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.151 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.252 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (3.2 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.316 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (4 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.115 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.39 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (4.9 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.115 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.379 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (4.7 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.115 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.097 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.322 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (4 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.28 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (3.5 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.235 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.9 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.112 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.213 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.7 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.174 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (2.2 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.114 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.124 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (2.1 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.11 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.138 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Sep 1, 2025 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
May 1, 2025 Active
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
Oct 17, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2023 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
Jun 25, 2022 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Apr 18, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Apr 18, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 17, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 17, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 17, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Nov 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2001

EPA's records for Beechwood WSC go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 9
2010 to October 18, 2016 4 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 22 13
2020s 1 9

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

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.11 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.138 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2016 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, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2016 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Beechwood WSC in 2019. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in February 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 19, 2019 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 24 violations (24 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

12 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

12 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

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

Beechwood WSC buys its water from South Sabine WSC. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

Buys water from

Annual water quality report

Beechwood 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

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Texas.