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PWSID TX2040001

CITY OF SHEPHERD

Community water system based in Shepherd, TX

Service area on file with EPA: San Jacinto County. EPA's recorded service area can be incomplete for regional authorities. The cities and counties above are what the utility has filed with EPA; the utility may serve additional areas.

Population served
3,411
Source
Groundwater
Status
Active

At a glance

4 above the safety limit, 1 detection to watch

Past 5 years: 3 health-based violations on file, all marked Resolved or Archived. See compliance history below.

Risk classification follows EPA's published values for safe drinking water, with caution and concern bands reviewed by a clinician. Past resolved violations do not influence this card. See methodology.

Lead service line inventory

Utility reports no confirmed lead service lines

CITY OF SHEPHERD reports 0 confirmed lead service lines, 1,144 non-lead, 0 unknown (total 1,144) in the EPA SDWIS service line inventory (2026Q1).

  • 0 confirmed lead service lines
  • 0 galvanized requiring replacement (LCRI treats these as lead)
  • 0 unknown (0.0% of total)
  • 1,144 confirmed non-lead (100.0%)
  • 1,144 total service lines in the system
What to do if your service line might be lead
  1. Ask your utility to check the service-line classification for your specific address. Many utilities provide a public address-lookup tool linked from the inventory page.
  2. Get on the replacement queue. Under the LCRI, utilities must replace all lead and galvanized-requiring- replacement lines within 10 years (clock generally starts November 2027). Some prioritize requests.
  3. Until the line is replaced: flush the tap 30 seconds after long stagnation, use cold water for drinking and cooking, and consider an NSF/ANSI 53 lead-rated tap filter.
  4. Talk to your clinician about a blood lead test for anyone in the home, especially a pregnant person or a child under 6. Lead in drinking water guide.

Inventory data sourced from CITY OF SHEPHERD ( retrieved May 24, 2026 ; curator confidence: high ). Confirmed against the original source automatically each month; see methodology.

Lead and copper test results

The most recent measurement per contaminant from EPA's Lead and Copper Rule sampling.

Why only lead and copper, and not arsenic, nitrate, or others?

EPA's bulk SDWIS download is the only nationwide per-system sample data they publish, and it only includes the Lead and Copper Rule table. Values for other regulated contaminants (TTHMs, nitrate, arsenic, etc.) appear on this page only when they trigger a violation. For the full per-system contaminant suite, see the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report (link further down the page).

Most recent measurements per contaminant (Lead and Copper Rule) . Sorted by risk: concern first, then caution, then unrated, then safe.
Contaminant Most recent Date Risk
Lead
PB90
 0.00124 mg/L December 31, 2025 Caution

Data from EPA SDWIS (Lead and Copper Rule sample table) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Fluoride

Per CDC My Water's Fluoride

CITY OF SHEPHERD does not add fluoride to its drinking water.

This system has not reported adding fluoride to its water on CDC's My Water's Fluoride listing. Natural fluoride may still be present at trace levels from the source water; the utility's annual water quality report has the latest measured concentration.

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride, listed under SHEPHERD (San Jacinto County). Verify on CDC's site .

Area context

San Jacinto County, TX (2020 data)

Community water systems
13 of 35 add fluoride
Population on fluoridated water
11,632 of 29,032 (40.1%)

Texas statewide (2020 data)

Population on fluoridated water
19,743,163 of 27,818,869 (71.0%)
Community water systems adding fluoride
2,573 of 6,046

Data from CDC My Water's Fluoride (per-system status) , last refreshed May 19, 2026.

Data from CDC Water Fluoridation Reporting System (state and county aggregates) , last refreshed May 16, 2026.

Compliance history

EPA-recorded violations against this system over the last 5 years.

How to read this section

Health-based violations are when a measured limit was exceeded; the measured concentration is shown alongside the EPA federal limit where SDWIS published it. Monitoring and reporting items are paperwork issues (missed sample dates, late filings) that do not themselves indicate unsafe water.

4 active health-based violations

EPA records 4 health-based violations that have not yet been resolved. An additional 3 health-based violations in the last 5 years are already resolved.

Health-based violations in the last 5 years
Period start Contaminant What happened Measured level Status
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Inventory Not reported Resolved
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Inventory Not reported Resolved
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Inventory Not reported Resolved
February 1, 2022 Groundwater Rule Failure To Address Deficiency Not reported Unaddressed
February 1, 2022 Groundwater Rule Failure To Address Deficiency Not reported Unaddressed
February 1, 2022 Groundwater Rule Failure To Address Deficiency Not reported Unaddressed
February 1, 2022 Groundwater Rule Failure To Address Deficiency Not reported Unaddressed
21 monitoring and reporting item s (paperwork) , 2 still open · these are not health risks
Monitoring and reporting items in the last 5 years
Period start Relates to Item Status
December 30, 2025 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice Resolved
July 1, 2025 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting Unaddressed
May 15, 2025 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Unaddressed
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Reporting Resolved
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Reporting Resolved
October 17, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions LSL Reporting Resolved
July 2, 2024 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting Resolved
July 2, 2024 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting Resolved
June 23, 2024 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
June 23, 2024 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
January 8, 2023 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
January 8, 2023 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
January 1, 2023 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) Resolved
January 1, 2023 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) Resolved
January 1, 2023 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) Resolved
January 1, 2023 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) Resolved
December 30, 2022 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice Resolved
December 30, 2022 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice Resolved
July 4, 2021 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
July 4, 2021 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
July 4, 2021 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
19 older violation s (5-10 years ago) · all paperwork (monitoring/reporting), none health-based , all resolved
Violations 5-10 years ago (19 total)
Period start Relates to Item Measured level Status
October 1, 2020 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved
October 1, 2020 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved
October 1, 2020 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved
January 1, 2020 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
January 1, 2020 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
January 1, 2020 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
January 1, 2020 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
December 30, 2019 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice — Resolved
December 30, 2019 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice — Resolved
December 30, 2019 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice — Resolved
April 1, 2019 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
April 1, 2019 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
April 1, 2019 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
April 1, 2019 Chlorine Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) — Resolved
December 30, 2016 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice — Resolved
December 30, 2016 Lead and Copper Rule Lead Consumer Notice — Resolved
July 25, 2016 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved
July 25, 2016 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved
July 25, 2016 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation — Resolved

Data from EPA SDWIS (violation records) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Where to see every contaminant this utility tested for

EPA's bulk SDWIS dataset gives MyTapWater.us per-system measured values for lead and copper, plus violation records for everything else. To see every regulated contaminant this utility tested for in the past year (TTHMs, HAA5, nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, chromium, etc.) with measured values, read the utility's Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).

Every community water system is required by EPA to publish a CCR annually, by July 1, listing every contaminant they sampled, the measured value, the federal limit, and any health-based exceedances. Most utilities post the report online; some mail it with your bill.

How to find CITY OF SHEPHERD's CCR:

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Contact this utility

Public administrative contact information for this water system, as filed with the EPA. Use this to ask about your service line, request your home's lead status, or report a water quality issue.

Administrator
MINTON, CHARLES
Phone
936-628-3305
Mailing address
16 N LIBERTY
SHEPHERD, TX 77371-2460

Where this page's data comes from

Bundle released 2026-Q2, regenerated May 24, 2026. Each section above also shows its own source date so you can tell at a glance how fresh that part of the page is.

Every value on this page is cross-verified before publication; read our methodology for the verification steps and corrections process.