TX / Alice
TX · Tap water records
Alice tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Alice. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Alice is served by 2 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 21,054 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 186 violations across the community water system(s) serving Alice, going back to the earliest EPA record. 94 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
City Of Alice
19,104 served · surface water · PWSID TX1250001 As of June 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Jim Wells County Fwsd 1
1,950 served · groundwater · PWSID TX1250030 - Health-based Arsenic: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 38 times between April 2015 and October 2025. The EPA record lists a level of 0.011 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.01 MG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Combined Uranium: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 53 times between January 2016 and January 2025. The EPA record lists a level of 43 UG/L; the limit (MCL) is 30 UG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in October 2024. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times between October 2018 and January 2019. The EPA record lists a level of 18 PCI/L; the limit (MCL) is 15 PCI/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 11 times between October 2015 and December 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 51 times between March 2012 and November 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in October 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in October 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 14 times between January 2015 and July 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between September 2019 and March 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2014 and July 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.