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City of Tyler

Serves Tyler, Smith County, TX · 107,000 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for City of Tyler in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • TX2120004
  • TYLER
  • TX
  • 107,000 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 75710
EPA system ID TX2120004

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • City of Tyler draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Texas, September 2023.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 142 lead and 4,390 unknown out of 38,784 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Sep 1, 2023 Resolved Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for City of Tyler go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (11 resolved) and 14 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 5
2000s 1 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 10 7
2020s 1 1

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

Show all 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.071 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.075 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.073 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2009 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Tyler and issued 1 boil water order between 2016 and 2023. The most recent was a boil water order in September 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 8, 2023 Texas Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Revised Total Coliform Rule
Dec 9, 2016 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 10 violations (10 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

City of Tyler draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 4 other community water systems buy water from City of Tyler.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Tyler 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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