Is City of Gladewater Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Gregg

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.

187

health-based violations

382

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2026-01-01
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2026-01-01
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2026-01-01
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17

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
Copper	207.65 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1000 µg/L	162/186	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	43 µg/L 287% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 380 µg/L	73/186	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	19.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28 µg/L	65/65	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	105 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 120 µg/L	65/65	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.597 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9 µg/L	64/65	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	120.2 µg/L 150% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 141 µg/L	57/58	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	53.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 67.5 µg/L	56/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	90.925 µg/L 152% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 99 µg/L	56/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	28.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 37.6 µg/L	56/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	8.12 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.4 µg/L	37/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0022 mg/L 15% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	22/22	LCR	2026
Nitrate	163 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	17/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	52.56 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 52.8 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Cyanide	230.4 µg/L 115% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 200 µg/L worst single sample: 276 µg/L	7/21	SYR4	2014–2019
Fluoride	58.36 µg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 60 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/65	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2016
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/57	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.7 µg/L 3.4% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019

88 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UGross Beta Particle ActivityHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: OWENS, SCOTT
Phone: 903-845-2196

Frequently asked questions about City of Gladewater

Is City of Gladewater tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 20 contaminants in City of Gladewater'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 Gladewater's water?

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

How many people does City of Gladewater serve?

City of Gladewater reports serving 6,441 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Gladewater had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 382 violations on file for City of Gladewater, of which 187 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 5 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.