Community Water System · PWSID TX1590002

Martin County Fwsd 1

Serves 54 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentLenorah, Texas
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On record since 2008: 65 violations. 35 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 15 missed or late tests · 14 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-07-01.

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35Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
15Missed or late test
14Notice or report

More violations on record than 93% 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

20052008 · Notice or report: 22008 · Notice or report: 220102014 · Over the limit: 12014 · Missed or late test: 12015 · Over the limit: 12015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Missed or late test: 12016 · Notice or report: 32016 · Notice or report: 32016 · Notice or report: 32017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Missed or late test: 12017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Missed or late test: 52018 · Notice or report: 22018 · Notice or report: 22019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Missed or late test: 22019 · Missed or late test: 22019 · Notice or report: 22019 · Notice or report: 22020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Notice or report: 120202021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Missed or late test: 22021 · Missed or late test: 22022 · Over the limit: 32022 · Over the limit: 32022 · Over the limit: 32023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
54% over the limit · 352% treatment lapse · 123% missed or late test · 1522% notice or report · 14

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×+Nitrate2025-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2025-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2025-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2024-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2024-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2024-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2024-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2023-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2023-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2023-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2023-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2022-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2022-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2022-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2021-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2021-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2021-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2020-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2020-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2020-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2019-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2019-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2019-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2018-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2018-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2018-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2017-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2017-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2017-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2017-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2016-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2016-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2016-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2015-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2014-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)
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 2 results on file · action level 15 ppb

3.4 ppb
0.94 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-05-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2025-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2025-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTBack in compliance
  6. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTBack in compliance
  7. 2024-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2024-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2024-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2024-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2023-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2023-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2022-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2022-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2022-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2021-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2021-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  20. 2021-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2021-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2021-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  23. 2020-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2020-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2020-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 40 entries
  1. 2020-02-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2019-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  3. 2019-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2019-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  5. 2019-09-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  6. 2019-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2019-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  8. 2019-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2018-11-15E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  10. 2018-10-30Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2018-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  12. 2018-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  13. 2018-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2018-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  15. 2018-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2018-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  17. 2018-02-26Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  18. 2018-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2017-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  20. 2017-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2017-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2017-05-23Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2017-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2017-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2016-10-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  26. 2016-09-29Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  27. 2016-08-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  28. 2016-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  29. 2016-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  30. 2016-02-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  31. 2016-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  32. 2015-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  33. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  34. 2015-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  35. 2015-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  36. 2015-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  37. 2014-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  38. 2014-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  39. 2008-05-09Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  40. 2008-03-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance

System details

Population served54
Service connections18
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityLenorah
EPA ZIP on file79749-0146

Areas served

  • Martin County

Reading this record

Martin County Fwsd 1 is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 54 people in Lenorah, 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.