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Paint Creek 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
290 people
Connections
638
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Stamford, TX
County
Haskell
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

79521

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride and chromium (total): Texas’s own results, samples taken from March 10, 2020 to Sept. 1, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.8 ppb, in 2025: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.1 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025, one sample: 1.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.9 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.7 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.4 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits5

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

62.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 48.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 62.9 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 81.6 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 48.6 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 150 ppb, in 2014, and EPA recorded violations in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 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

6.7ppm

Highest sample; found in 17 of 17

2026 average: 0.81 ppm

The highest sample, in 2025, was 6.7 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 0.81 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 4.0 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

36.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 32.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 36.8 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 46.7 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 32.6 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 49.1 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.69ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025, one sample: 0.53 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.69 ppm, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.53 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.76 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

3.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.7 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.1 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

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

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Uranium

    For: Arsenic, Uranium

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

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride and chromium (total) results here are Texas’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Paint Creek 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 March 10, 2020 to Sept. 1, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Paint Creek 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 2 labs Texas certifies closest to the area Paint Creek WSC serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Abilene–Taylor County Public Health District

    Abilene, TX · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (325) 692-5600

  • Sweetwater -Nolan County Health Department

    Sweetwater, TX · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (325) 235-5463

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 TX1040017. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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