Is Plainview Municipal Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface 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

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-06-01 → 2010-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-06-01 → 2010-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-06-01 → 2010-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-06-01 → 2010-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-09-01 → 2009-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-09-01 → 2009-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-09-01 → 2009-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-01-01 → 2002-12-31

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0053 µg/L	1/12	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
Bromoform	19.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.4 µg/L	191/213	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	30.41 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 37 µg/L	180/213	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	75.29 µg/L 94% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 103.9 µg/L	132/143	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	20.36 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.8 µg/L	125/213	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	25.74 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 33.2 µg/L	124/142	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	11.61 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.6 µg/L	100/142	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	91.025 µg/L 7% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 214 µg/L	96/115	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	8.905 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.4 µg/L	91/213	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.965 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.4 µg/L	70/142	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	9.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.2 µg/L	60/142	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.455 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	50/142	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5 µg/L	49/142	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.41 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.1 µg/L	14/115	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2025
Lithium	120.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	12/12	UCMR-5	2024

28 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: STARNES, CHARLES
Phone: 806-296-1100
Email: cstarnes@plainviewtx.org

Frequently asked questions about Plainview Municipal Water

Is Plainview Municipal Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 16 contaminants in Plainview Municipal Water'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 Plainview Municipal Water's water?

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

How many people does Plainview Municipal Water serve?

Plainview Municipal Water reports serving 21,104 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has Plainview Municipal Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 19 violations on file for Plainview Municipal Water, of which 11 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.