Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID TX2010040

Martin Lake Steam Electric Station

Serves 250 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateIrving, Texas
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On record since 2010: 97 violations. 4 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 89 missed or late tests · 3 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-12-30.

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

4Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
89Missed or late test
3Notice or report

More violations on record than 96% 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

20052010 · Missed or late test: 120102011 · Missed or late test: 22012 · Missed or late test: 12013 · Missed or late test: 12015 · Over the limit: 12015 · Missed or late test: 120152016 · Missed or late test: 12017 · Notice or report: 12020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 202020 · Missed or late test: 2020202021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222022 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Over the limit: 12023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222023 · Missed or late test: 222024 · Over the limit: 22024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 22025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
4% over the limit · 41% treatment lapse · 192% missed or late test · 893% notice or report · 3

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×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2024-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0850 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2024-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0850 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2023-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0840 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 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

1.9 ppb
0.96 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-12-30Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTBack in compliance
  3. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTBack in compliance
  4. 2024-08-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2024-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2024-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2023-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0840 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2023-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2023-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2023-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2023-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2023-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2023-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2023-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2023-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2023-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2023-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2023-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2023-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2023-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2023-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2023-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2023-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
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  1. 2023-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2023-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2023-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2023-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2022-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2022-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2022-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2022-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2022-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2022-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2022-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2022-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2022-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2022-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2022-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2022-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2022-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2022-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2022-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2022-01-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2022-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2022-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2022-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2022-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2022-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2022-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2021-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  28. 2021-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  29. 2021-01-01CyanideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  30. 2021-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  31. 2021-01-01ZincMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  32. 2021-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  33. 2021-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  34. 2021-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  35. 2021-01-01SilverMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  36. 2021-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  37. 2021-01-01ManganeseMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  38. 2021-01-01IronMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  39. 2021-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  40. 2021-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  41. 2021-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  42. 2021-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  43. 2021-01-01AluminumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  44. 2020-01-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  45. 2020-01-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  46. 2020-01-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  47. 2020-01-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  48. 2020-01-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  49. 2020-01-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  50. 2020-01-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  51. 2020-01-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  52. 2020-01-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  53. 2020-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  54. 2020-01-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  55. 2020-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  56. 2020-01-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  57. 2020-01-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  58. 2020-01-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  59. 2020-01-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  60. 2020-01-01TdsMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  61. 2020-01-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  62. 2020-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  63. 2020-01-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  64. 2017-02-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  65. 2016-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  66. 2015-05-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  67. 2015-05-01Coliform (TCR)MCL, Monthly (TCR)Back in compliance
  68. 2013-12-30Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  69. 2012-01-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  70. 2011-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  71. 2011-01-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  72. 2010-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance

System details

Population served250
Service connections1
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityIrving
EPA ZIP on file75039-2479

Areas served

  • Rusk County

Reading this record

Martin Lake Steam Electric Station is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 250 people in Irving, 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.