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Alto Rural WSC Bradford MT Plant

What EPA’s and Texas’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
378 people
Connections
126
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Alto, TX
County
Cherokee
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

75785

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2002 to 2026.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Sept. 10, 2020 to Aug. 6, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

0.57ppb

90th percentile, 2024 to 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 0.57 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

73.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 55.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 73.4 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 55.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 68.2 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

43.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 28.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 43.4 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 28.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 31.6 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.45ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024, one sample: 0.42 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.45 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.42 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.51 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 7 of 7

2026, one sample: 0.057 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 0.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.057 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.1 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Uranium

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper Rule RevisionsThe required inventory of lead service lines was not completed or submitted on time.EPA: LSL InventoryOct. 17, 2024—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 14 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Alto Rural WSC Bradford MT Plant’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Texas’s results run from Sept. 10, 2020 to Aug. 6, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Alto Rural WSC Bradford MT Plant’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Texas certifies.

The 3 labs Texas certifies closest to the area Alto Rural WSC Bradford MT Plant serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Analytical Environmental Labs

    Tyler, TX · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 509-8700

  • Northeast Texas Public Health District Laboratory

    Tyler, TX · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 535-0090

  • Eastex Environmental Lab, Inc.-Nacogdoches

    Nacogdoches, TX · about 43 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (936) 569-8879

Texas Well Owner Network, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension: Well Informed screening events, where well owners bring in water samples to be screened for common contaminants, followed by an hour-long session explaining the results. Upcoming events are on the network's calendar. Trainings, Texas Well Owner Network.

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Sources

PWSID TX0370056. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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