Community Water System · PWSID TX0080019

Coushatte Campground

Serves 250 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateTomball, Texas
Nothing open that measures the water, but 1 open testing or paperwork violation.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2005: 40 violations. 14 over the limit · 2 treatment lapses · 7 missed or late tests · 17 notices or reports. Most recent began 2021-01-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

14Over the limit
2Treatment lapse
7Missed or late test1 open
17Notice or report

More violations on record than 88% of active water systems in Texas. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2005 · Notice or report: 22005 · Notice or report: 220052008 · Notice or report: 32008 · Notice or report: 32008 · Notice or report: 32009 · Notice or report: 12010 · Missed or late test: 12010 · Notice or report: 52010 · Notice or report: 52010 · Notice or report: 52010 · Notice or report: 52010 · Notice or report: 520102011 · Notice or report: 12012 · Missed or late test: 12013 · Missed or late test: 12013 · Notice or report: 22013 · Notice or report: 22014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Treatment lapse: 12014 · Missed or late test: 12014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Over the limit: 32015 · Over the limit: 32015 · Over the limit: 32015 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Missed or late test: 220152016 · Over the limit: 12017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Treatment lapse: 12017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Over the limit: 12019 · Missed or late test: 120202021 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
35% over the limit · 145% treatment lapse · 218% missed or late test · 743% notice or report · 17

Across Texas, 60% of violations are missed or late tests and 10% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UCombined Radium (-226 and...2018-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 16.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2017-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2017-07-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2017-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 25.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2017-04-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2017-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 27.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.8×)2017-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 22.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2016-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 18.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2015-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 17.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2015-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 22.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2015-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 26.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2014-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2014-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 27.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.8×)2014-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 22.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 1 result on file · action level 15 ppb

0 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2010-12-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open

Every violation on record

  1. 2021-01-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2019-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  3. 2018-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 16.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  4. 2017-11-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2017-10-29Revised Total Coliform RuleTTBack in compliance
  6. 2017-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  7. 2017-07-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  8. 2017-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 25.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  9. 2017-04-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  10. 2017-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 27.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  11. 2017-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 22.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  12. 2016-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 18.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  13. 2015-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 17.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  14. 2015-06-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  15. 2015-05-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  16. 2015-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 22.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  17. 2015-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 26.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  18. 2014-10-31Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2014-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  20. 2014-07-10Lead and Copper RuleOCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationBack in compliance
  21. 2014-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 27.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  22. 2014-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  23. 2014-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 22.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  24. 2013-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  25. 2013-06-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
Show the other 14 entries
  1. 2013-03-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2012-08-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  3. 2011-04-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2010-12-11Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2010-12-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open
  6. 2010-10-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2010-10-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2010-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  9. 2010-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  10. 2009-05-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2008-11-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2008-09-24Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  13. 2005-09-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  14. 2005-04-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance

System details

Population served250
Service connections182
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityTomball
EPA ZIP on file77377-1015

Areas served

  • Austin County

Reading this record

Coushatte Campground is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 250 people in Tomball, Texas. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.