Is City of Winnsboro Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-04-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-03-31

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	175.25 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1200 µg/L	96/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	34.71 µg/L 231% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 286 µg/L	75/105	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	15.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.7 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	42.335 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51.1 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.9 µg/L	55/60	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	52.46 µg/L 66% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 67.2 µg/L	52/53	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	33.15 µg/L 55% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 45 µg/L	52/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	21.14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.6 µg/L	50/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	10.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.1 µg/L	49/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.97 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.9 µg/L	23/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2023
Nitrate	867 µg/L 8.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	8/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	127.3 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 142 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	48.8 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 50 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Atrazine	0.1000 µg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	72.66 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 73 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Chromium	2.4905 µg/L 2.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Arsenic	0.9600 µg/L 9.6% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015
Gross Beta Particle Activity	6.4 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/1	SYR4	2015
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/52	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	3 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2013–2019

85 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, TotalAsbestosBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: PARRISH, RICHARD, RANDY
Phone: 903-342-3654
Email: RPARRISH@WINNSBOROTEXAS.COM

Frequently asked questions about City of Winnsboro

Is City of Winnsboro tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in City of Winnsboro'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 Winnsboro'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 Winnsboro serve?

City of Winnsboro reports serving 3,614 people in Texas, per its EPA record.

Has City of Winnsboro had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 55 violations on file for City of Winnsboro, of which 30 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 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.