Is Cotton Center Wsc Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Hale

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

146

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2025-03-08
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2025-03-08
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2025-03-08
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2023-08-25
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2023-08-25
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2023-08-25
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-07-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	3589.5 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3870 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	183.85 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 370 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2015–2018
Fluoride	2414 µg/L 60% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 2430 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	4.76 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 4.8 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Barium	100 µg/L 5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Bromoform	3.938 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.31 µg/L	5/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	3.64 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Lead	0.0090 mg/L 60% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	5/5	LCR	2024
Lead	20.28 µg/L 135% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 24 µg/L	5/18	SYR4	2015–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	3358.5 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3360 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	9.69 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.7 pCi/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	6.64 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 6.8 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2015–2019
TTHM	5.519 µg/L 6.9% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 5.86 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Uranium	7.665 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 7.7 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2015–2018
Dibromochloromethane	1.535 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.55 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Antimony, Total	0.2400 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2015–2019
Cyanide	7.01 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	1.1 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.6 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	2 pCi/L 13% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2015–2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.6 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2013–2019

58 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloroformCombined Radium (-226 And -228)DichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BERRY, SHANE
Phone: 806-292-4766

Frequently asked questions about Cotton Center Wsc

Is Cotton Center Wsc tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Cotton Center Wsc's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Cotton Center Wsc's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Copper, Fluoride, Arsenic, Barium, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Cotton Center Wsc serve?

Cotton Center Wsc reports serving 250 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Cotton Center Wsc had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 146 violations on file for Cotton Center Wsc, of which 16 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 60 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.