Public Water System

PECOS COUNTY FRESH WATER

PWSID TX1860029 · Texas · 800 people served

Failing

PECOS COUNTY FRESH WATER is an EPA-regulated public water system in Texas (PWSID TX1860029). It serves an estimated 800 residents — a rural community of customers — across 1 community across 1 ZIP code.

Over the past five years, PECOS COUNTY FRESH WATER has recorded 90 EPA health-based violations. The grade of F summarizes this compliance pattern. Specific contaminants, dates, and rule citations are listed in the violation history below.

Service Area

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Centered on the averaged ZIP-code centroid of 1 ZIP served.

Population

800

Cities

ZIPs

Violations

EPA Health-Based Violations

Health-based Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations on file for PECOS COUNTY FRESH WATER over the past five years of EPA SDWIS reporting.

Radiumradiological

EPA Code 4010 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

5 pCi/L

Last Reading

6 PCI/L

First Reported

Apr 2021

Most Recent

Jan 2025

What this violation means

Radium-226 and Radium-228 occur naturally in groundwater, particularly in regions with granite or sandstone aquifers. Long-term ingestion increases the risk of bone, sinus, and other cancers because radium concentrates in bone tissue.

Recommended precautions

→Reverse osmosis and ion exchange (water softeners) remove radium.
→Boiling does NOT remove radium and may concentrate it.
→Private well users in radium-rich geology should test every 3–5 years.

Read the complete guide to Radium

Radiumradiological

EPA Code 4000 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

5 pCi/L

Last Reading

16 PCI/L

First Reported

Apr 2023

Most Recent

Oct 2024

What this violation means

Recommended precautions

→Reverse osmosis and ion exchange (water softeners) remove radium.
→Boiling does NOT remove radium and may concentrate it.
→Private well users in radium-rich geology should test every 3–5 years.

Read the complete guide to Radium

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations only. Older violations may have been resolved; check your utility's most recent Consumer Confidence Report for current status.

Cities Served by PECOS COUNTY FRESH WATER

FORT STOCKTON

ZIP Codes Served

79735

About this system

EPA records this system as PWSID TX1860029. Data reflects the most recent EPA SDWIS publication as of 2026-05-18. Public Water System Identifiers (PWSIDs) are assigned by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act program to track every regulated water utility in the United States. The first two letters typically indicate the state primacy agency. For real-time water quality information, contact PECOS COUNTY FRESH WATER directly or review their annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).