Public water system record
Deer Creek Water
Serves an area of Travis County and Hays County, TX · 2,757 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Deer Creek Water in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 3
Key facts
- Deer Creek Water buys its water from West Travis County Public Utility Agency.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Texas, October 2014.
- Record on file since 2003, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 130 unknown out of 914 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 2003
EPA's records for Deer Creek Water go back to 2003. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 7 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2014, Resolved.
Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 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 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2010 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Texas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Deer Creek Water in 2014. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2014.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2014 | Texas | Compliance order (no penalty) | 5 violations (5 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
Deer Creek Water buys its water from West Travis County Public Utility Agency. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Deer Creek Water.
Buys water from
- West Travis County Public Utility Agency Austin, TX
Annual water quality report
Deer Creek Water 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells