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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
45 people
Connections
15
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Stanton, TX
County
Midland
Owner
Local government

The short answer

3 results are above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the legal limit. 16 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, nitrate, fluoride, uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and chromium (total): Texas’s own results, samples taken from Sept. 12, 2024 to Sept. 9, 2026.

Above the legal limit3

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

19.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024 to 2026

2026 average: 17.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 19.4 ppb, in 2025, about twice EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb. Its highest single sample was 22.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 17.8 ppb, above the limit. EPA recorded violations for arsenic at this utility in 2025 and 2026.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

13.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 9 of 9

2026 average: 11.8 ppm

From 2024 to 2026, nine samples were above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, the highest 13.1 ppm in 2025. The next sample at the same point, within 30 days, kept the average above the limit for one; eight have no follow-up sample on file within 30 days. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 11.8 ppm, above the limit. EPA recorded violations for nitrate at this utility in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

4.6ppm

Highest yearly average, 2024 to 2026

2026 average: 4.3 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.6 ppm, in 2024, above EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 4.7 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 4.3 ppm, above the limit. EPA recorded violations for fluoride at this utility in 2025 and 2026.

What handles it

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

8.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.3 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

33.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024 to 2026

2026, one sample: 19.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 33.1 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 19.6 ppb.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

8.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024 to 2026

2026, one sample: 8.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.9 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 8.8 ppb.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead

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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Fluoride

    For: Arsenic, Nitrate, Fluoride

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction, Fluoride Reduction, Uranium

    For: Arsenic, Nitrate, Fluoride, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level); Nitrate

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
FluorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2026 to June 30, 20264.5 MG/LArchived
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2026 to June 30, 20260.019 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleApril 1, 2026 to June 30, 202612 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJan. 1, 2026 to March 31, 202612 MG/LArchived
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2026 to March 31, 20260.019 MG/LArchived
FluorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2026 to March 31, 20264.5 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleOct. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 202512 MG/LArchived
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 20250.019 MG/LArchived
FluorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 20254.5 MG/LArchived
FluorideThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2025 to Sept. 30, 20254.5 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJuly 1, 2025 to Sept. 30, 202513 MG/LArchived
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2025 to Sept. 30, 20250.018 MG/LArchived
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2025 to June 30, 20250.013 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleApril 1, 2025 to June 30, 202512 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleJan. 1, 2025 to March 31, 202511 MG/LArchived
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleOct. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 202412 MG/LArchived
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 19 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, fluoride, uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and chromium (total) results here are Texas’s own from 2024 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Countryside Acres HOA’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. 12, 2024 to Sept. 9, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Countryside Acres HOA’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.

No lab Texas certifies is within 75 miles of the area Countryside Acres HOA serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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 TX1650174. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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