Mims WSC

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: 2,736 people
Connections: 961
Water source: Surface water bought from another system
Based in: Avinger, TX
County: Marion
Owner: Local government

The 2 ZIP codes it serves

75630, 75668

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the legal limit. 4 health-based violations since 2016.

What was found

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and nitrate: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 26, 2020 to Sept. 16, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

61.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 25.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 61.3 ppb, in 2021, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 91.5 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 25.4 ppb. EPA recorded a violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility in 2021. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 65.2 ppb, in 2015, and EPA recorded violations in 2015 and 2016.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Below EPA’s limits2

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

47ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 22.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 47 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 76.8 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 22.2 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 47.4 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

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

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.31ppm

Highest sample; found in 14 of 14

2026 average: 0.27 ppm

The highest sample, in 2021, was 0.31 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.27 ppm.

What handles it

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

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

Lead

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or rule	Type	Period	Measured	Status
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	Oct. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021	0.062 MG/L	Resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	July 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021	0.061 MG/L	Resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	April 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021	0.062 MG/L	Resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	Jan. 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016	0.068 MG/L	Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 4 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and nitrate results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Mims WSC’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 Feb. 26, 2020 to Sept. 16, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Mims WSC’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 Mims WSC serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

Southern Petroleum Laboratories (SPL), Inc. (FKA Ana-Lab Corporation)
Kilgore, TX · about 38 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper
(903) 984-0551
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Winona, TX · about 40 miles
Certified for bacteria
(903) 877-9222
Northeast Texas Public Health District Laboratory
Tyler, TX · about 55 miles
Certified for bacteria
(903) 535-0090

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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