Is City of Winters Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

319

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-01-01 → 2006-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-01-01 → 2006-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-01-01 → 2006-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-01-01 → 2006-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-01-01 → 2006-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-11-01 → 2005-11-30

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	9.13 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.4 µg/L	38/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	11.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.7 µg/L	38/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	381.5 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 800 µg/L	34/35	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	9.765 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.6 µg/L	34/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	22.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29.5 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	32.17 µg/L 40% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 41 µg/L	27/28	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	34.5 µg/L 57% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 39 µg/L	27/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	9.45 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.4 µg/L	23/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	5.39 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.8 µg/L	23/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	7.1 µg/L 47% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 12 µg/L	21/35	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	371 µg/L 3.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	9.365 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.6 µg/L	14/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	376.5 µg/L 9.4% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 380 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0018 mg/L 12% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	8/8	LCR	2025
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.295 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.4 µg/L	8/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	3.58 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 4 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	297 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 300 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Cyanide	156 µg/L 78% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 160 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	6/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	9.98 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.1 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	3.76 µg/L 7.5% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Xylenes, Total	0.9750 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	1.58 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1 pCi/L 20% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2012

54 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-DAntimony, TotalAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BAHLMAN, CHRIS
Phone: 325-754-4424

Frequently asked questions about City of Winters

Is City of Winters tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 24 contaminants in City of Winters'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 Winters's water?

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

How many people does City of Winters serve?

City of Winters reports serving 2,281 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Winters had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 319 violations on file for City of Winters, of which 47 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 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.