TX / Prairie Hill
TX · Tap water records
Prairie Hill tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Prairie Hill. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Prairie Hill is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 2,150 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 150 violations across the community water system(s) serving Prairie Hill, going back to the earliest EPA record. 101 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
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2,150 served · groundwater · PWSID TX1470011 - Health-based Arsenic: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 101 times between January 2016 and October 2025. The EPA record lists a level of 0.022 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.01 MG/L. 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 31 times between July 2008 and June 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 9 times between September 2017 and October 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between October 2016 and July 2021. 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 4 times between December 2015 and December 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.