Public water system record

Webb County Water Utilities

Serves an area of Webb County, TX that includes Laredo, Ranchitos Las Lomas, Colorado Acres and 12 more places · 8,358 people served

Federal records show 56 health-based violations and 21 monitoring/reporting issues for Webb County Water Utilities in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • TX2400022
  • LAREDO
  • TX
  • 8,358 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 78040
EPA system ID TX2400022

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
56
Resolved
45
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
11
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
21

Key facts

  • Webb County Water Utilities draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.076 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Texas, August 2020.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 56 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,998 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 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.076 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jun 1, 2017 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 May 1, 2017 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Mar 1, 2017 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Feb 1, 2017 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Dec 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Nov 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Sep 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Aug 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jun 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 May 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Mar 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Feb 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Dec 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Nov 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Sep 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Aug 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jun 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 May 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Mar 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Feb 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Dec 1, 2014 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Nov 1, 2014 Resolved No
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
120 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
Oct 30, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Sep 19, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
May 16, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Nov 9, 2019 Active
Enforcement action in place
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2019 Active
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 9, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Aug 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Aug 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jul 31, 2017 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
May 31, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
May 1, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
Feb 1, 2017 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
Dec 31, 2013 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Webb County Water Utilities go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 56 health-based violations (54 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 106 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 0
2000s 12 46
2010 to October 18, 2016 42 60
October 19, 2016 to 2019 11 16
2020s 19 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, began October 2016, Resolved.

Show all 56 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Sep 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Aug 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jun 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
May 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Mar 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Feb 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Dec 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Nov 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Sep 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Sep 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Aug 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jun 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
May 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Mar 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Feb 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Dec 1, 2014 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Nov 1, 2014 Resolved
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Jun 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
May 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Apr 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Feb 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Dec 1, 2013 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Nov 1, 2013 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Aug 1, 2013 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
Aug 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.071 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.103 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.098 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.112 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.119 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2005 Resolved

6 older violations are not listed here. EPA ECHO has the complete list.

Enforcement actions

Texas regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Webb County Water Utilities between 2014 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in August 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 27, 2020 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Public Notice
Oct 11, 2016 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 56 violations (40 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Consumer Confidence Rule, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Oct 5, 2014 Texas Compliance order with a penalty 22 violations (2 health-based): Public Notice, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule

What the violations mean

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

34 incidents

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

21 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Webb County Water Utilities draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Webb County Water Utilities.

Annual water quality report

Webb County Water Utilities 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.