Is Gum Creek Wsc Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30

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	23.0555 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28.6 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	59.44 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 62.1 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.335 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.3 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	82.835 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 92 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	49.27 µg/L 82% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 74.7 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	28.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.4 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	25.05 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 37.4 µg/L	31/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	345 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 440 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.945 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	12/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0023 mg/L 16% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	7/7	LCR	2026
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	4/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	2.04 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	4/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	4.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.5 µg/L	4/32	SYR4	2012–2019

1 contaminants tested, none detected

Bromoform

Utility contact

Contact: TURNEY, MARK
Phone: 903-589-9988
Email: gumcreekwater@gmail.com

Frequently asked questions about Gum Creek Wsc

Is Gum Creek Wsc tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Gum Creek 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 Gum Creek Wsc's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Gum Creek Wsc serve?

Gum Creek Wsc reports serving 1,623 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Gum Creek Wsc had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 6 violations on file for Gum Creek Wsc, of which 0 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.