Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID TX0360142

West Frac Pws

Serves 143 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateMont Belvieu, 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 2019: 13 violations. 5 over the limit · 5 missed or late tests · 3 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-10-01.

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

5Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
5Missed or late test
3Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 68% 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

2005201020152019 · Missed or late test: 12020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 420202021 · Over the limit: 12021 · Missed or late test: 22021 · Missed or late test: 22021 · Notice or report: 22021 · Notice or report: 22022 · Notice or report: 12024 · Missed or late test: 22024 · Missed or late test: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
38% over the limit · 538% missed or late test · 523% 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)2021-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0810 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.0×)2020-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0950 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2020-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1140 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2020-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1190 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2020-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1100 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)
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 6 results on file · action level 15 ppb

1.9 ppb
1 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2021-04-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2024-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2022-08-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2021-04-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  5. 2021-04-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  6. 2021-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0810 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2021-03-09Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2021-01-01Lead and Copper RuleWater Quality Parameter M/RBack in compliance
  9. 2020-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0950 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2020-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1140 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2020-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1190 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2020-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1100 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2019-01-01AsbestosMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance

System details

Population served143
Service connections54
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityMont Belvieu
EPA ZIP on file77535-6936

Areas served

  • Chambers County

Reading this record

West Frac Pws is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 143 people in Mont Belvieu, 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.