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R P M 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
2,880 people
Connections
960
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Ben Wheeler, TX
County
Van Zandt
Owner
Local government
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

75754, 75758

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and Texas’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What was found

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 1.9 ppm, for the period ending Dec. 31, 1993. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium: Texas’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 27, 2020 to June 30, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits4

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

29ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 22.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 29 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 22.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 26 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

15.8ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 5.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 15.8 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 5.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 45.9 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.22ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 0.19 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.22 ppm, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.32 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.19 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.11 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.069ppm

Highest sample; found in 11 of 14

2026 average: 0.021 ppm

The highest sample, in 2021, was 0.069 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.021 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.056 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

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

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—Unaddressed
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 8 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), 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. R P M 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 Aug. 27, 2020 to June 30, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Northeast Texas Public Health District Laboratory

    Tyler, TX · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 535-0090

  • Analytical Environmental Labs

    Tyler, TX · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 509-8700

  • Environmental Monitoring Lab

    Winona, TX · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (903) 877-9222

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.

All 80 certified labs for Texas

Sources

PWSID TX2340016. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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