Community Water System · PWSID TX1840130

Saddle Club Estates

Serves 471 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateAustin, 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 2010: 50 violations. 33 over the limit · 17 notices or reports. Most recent began 2018-04-01.

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

33Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
0Missed or late test
17Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 91% 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 · Notice or report: 22010 · Notice or report: 220102012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Notice or report: 62012 · Notice or report: 62012 · Notice or report: 62012 · Notice or report: 62012 · Notice or report: 62012 · Notice or report: 62013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Notice or report: 22013 · Notice or report: 22014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Notice or report: 42014 · Notice or report: 42014 · Notice or report: 42014 · Notice or report: 42015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 620152016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Notice or report: 22016 · Notice or report: 22017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Over the limit: 72017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Over the limit: 320202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
66% over the limit · 3334% 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...2018-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 18.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2018-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 25.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2018-01-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2017-10-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2017-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 24.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.6×)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 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2017-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 21.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2017-04-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)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 24.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.6×)2016-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 25.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2016-04-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2016-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 27.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.8×)2016-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 24.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.6×)2015-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2015-10-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2015-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2015-07-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2015-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 21.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2015-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 19.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2014-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 18.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2014-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 19.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2014-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 19.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2014-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 19.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2013-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 19.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2013-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 16.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2013-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 17.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2013-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 17.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2012-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 18.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2012-07-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 18.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2012-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 16.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2012-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 16.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/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

11.8 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2012-04-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2018-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 18.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  2. 2018-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 25.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  3. 2018-01-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  4. 2017-10-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  5. 2017-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 24.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  6. 2017-07-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  7. 2017-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  8. 2017-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 21.00 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. 2017-02-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2017-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 22.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  12. 2016-12-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  13. 2016-12-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  14. 2016-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 24.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  15. 2016-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 25.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  16. 2016-04-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  17. 2016-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 27.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  18. 2016-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 24.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  19. 2015-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  20. 2015-10-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  21. 2015-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  22. 2015-07-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  23. 2015-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 21.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  24. 2015-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 19.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  25. 2014-12-30Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
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  1. 2014-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 18.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  2. 2014-07-11Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2014-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 19.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  4. 2014-06-30Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2014-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 19.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  6. 2014-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 19.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  7. 2013-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 19.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  8. 2013-09-03Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2013-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 16.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  10. 2013-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 17.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  11. 2013-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 17.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  12. 2012-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 18.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  13. 2012-07-02Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  14. 2012-07-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2012-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 18.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  16. 2012-06-27Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2012-04-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  18. 2012-04-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2012-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 16.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  20. 2012-03-27Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  21. 2012-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 16.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  22. 2010-07-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2010-04-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance

System details

Population served471
Service connections157
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityAustin
EPA ZIP on file78723-2476

Areas served

  • Parker County

Reading this record

Saddle Club Estates is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 471 people in Austin, 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.