Is City of Brownwood Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Brown

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

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1991-06-01 → 1991-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1991-03-01 → 1991-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1984-10-23 → 1985-01-22
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1993-08-01 → 1993-08-31
Other	Monitoring	Archived	1993-08-01 → 1993-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1992-10-01 → 1992-10-31

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0108 µg/L	4/4	2024

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
Bromodichloromethane	25.74 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.6 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	46.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 72.1 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	9.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.7 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	24.47 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.3 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	28.58 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 67.1 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	85.3 µg/L 107% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 101 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	47.09 µg/L 78% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 102 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	16.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.7 µg/L	107/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	12.39 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	83/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	173 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 380 µg/L	81/84	SYR4	2013–2017
Lead	3.541 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 4.89 µg/L	34/84	SYR4	2013–2017
Lead	0.0051 mg/L 34% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.765 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.9 µg/L	10/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.415 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.8 µg/L	8/107	SYR4	2012–2019

29 contaminants tested, none detected

11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaHfpo-DaNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaLithium

Utility contact

Contact: HAYNES, STEPHEN, E
Phone: 325-646-5775

Frequently asked questions about City of Brownwood

Is City of Brownwood tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in City of Brownwood'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 City of Brownwood's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromoacetic Acid, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does City of Brownwood serve?

City of Brownwood reports serving 18,862 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Brownwood had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 10 violations on file for City of Brownwood, of which 3 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 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.