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PWSID TX2420002

WHEELER MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM

Community water system based in Wheeler, TX

Service area on file with EPA: Wheeler 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
1,602
Source
Groundwater
Status
Active

At a glance

4 issues above the federal safety limit

Past 5 years: 4 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

Lead or galvanized-requiring-replacement service lines confirmed in this system

WHEELER MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM reports 0 confirmed lead service lines, 2 galvanized requiring replacement, 19 non-lead, 707 unknown (total 728) in the EPA SDWIS service line inventory (2026Q1). EPA's Lead and Copper Rule Revisions treat unknown and galvanized-requiring-replacement lines as lead for notification and replacement scheduling until verified.

  • 0 confirmed lead service lines
  • 2 galvanized requiring replacement (LCRI treats these as lead)
  • 707 unknown (97.1% of total)
  • 19 confirmed non-lead (2.6%)
  • 728 total service lines in the system

Why this is a health concern. A galvanized iron service line that was ever installed downstream of a historic lead component (a lead service line, a lead gooseneck connector, or lead solder) absorbed lead into its corrosion layer over decades. The pipe continues to release that accumulated lead into water for years after the upstream lead source is removed. That is why EPA's LCRI treats GRR lines as lead and requires their replacement on the same 10-year schedule as confirmed lead lines. Read our plain-English lead guide.

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 WHEELER MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM ( retrieved May 24, 2026 ; curator confidence: medium ). 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 mg/L December 31, 2025 Below regulatory thresholds

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

Fluoride

Per CDC My Water's Fluoride

WHEELER MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM 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 WHEELER MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM (Wheeler County). Verify on CDC's site .

Area context

Wheeler County, TX (2020 data)

Community water systems
1 of 5 add fluoride
Population on fluoridated water
148 of 3,742 (3.9%)

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.

Recorded contaminant measurements (from violations)

When this system exceeded a regulatory limit and EPA recorded the measured value, that value is shown here. These are not routine sample results: they are the values the violation was triggered on.

Measured values from recorded violations . Most recent first.
Period Contaminant Measured Federal MCL Status
January 1, 2024Nitrate11MG/L10 MG/L Health-based
January 1, 2024Nitrate11MG/L10 MG/L Health-based
January 1, 2024Nitrate11MG/L10 MG/L Health-based
January 1, 2024Nitrate11MG/L10 MG/L Health-based

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

3 active health-based violations

EPA records 3 health-based violations that have not yet been resolved. An additional 4 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
November 1, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule OCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/Demonstration Not reported Unaddressed
November 1, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule OCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/Demonstration Not reported Unaddressed
November 1, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule OCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/Demonstration Not reported Unaddressed
January 1, 2024 Nitrate Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample
11 MG/L
MCL 10 MG/L
Resolved
January 1, 2024 Nitrate Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample
11 MG/L
MCL 10 MG/L
Resolved
January 1, 2024 Nitrate Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample
11 MG/L
MCL 10 MG/L
Resolved
January 1, 2024 Nitrate Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample
11 MG/L
MCL 10 MG/L
Resolved
10 monitoring and reporting item s (paperwork) , 6 still open · these are not health risks
Monitoring and reporting items in the last 5 years
Period start Relates to Item Status
October 26, 2025 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
October 26, 2025 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
July 1, 2025 Lead and Copper Rule Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R Unaddressed
July 1, 2025 Lead and Copper Rule Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R Unaddressed
July 1, 2025 Lead and Copper Rule Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R Unaddressed
February 27, 2025 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
February 27, 2025 Public Notice Public Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation Resolved
October 1, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R Unaddressed
October 1, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R Unaddressed
October 1, 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Follow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R Unaddressed
10 older violation s (5-10 years ago) · 4 health-based, 6 paperwork , all resolved
Violations 5-10 years ago (10 total)
Period start Relates to Item Measured level Status
April 1, 2021 Lead and Copper Rule OCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation — Resolved
April 1, 2021 Lead and Copper Rule OCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation — Resolved
April 1, 2021 Lead and Copper Rule OCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation — Resolved
April 1, 2021 Lead and Copper Rule OCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation — Resolved
October 1, 2017 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
October 1, 2017 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
October 1, 2017 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
October 1, 2017 E. Coli Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) — Resolved
July 1, 2016 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting — Resolved
July 1, 2016 Consumer Confidence Rule Consumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting — 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 WHEELER MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM'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
SAMS, DAN
Phone
806-826-3222
Email
riggio@amud.com
Mailing address
PO BOX 98
WHEELER, TX 79096-0098

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.