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Hale County, Texas: drinking water records
This overview covers 7 ZIP codes and 12 community water systems in Hale County. It also stands in for 1 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview Municipal Water System TX0950004 | 21,104 | 360 | 1 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Seth Ward WSC TX0950065 | 1,700 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 ppb |
| Cotton Center WSC TX0950014 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.0 ppb |
| Halfway WSC TX0950016 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 ppb |
| South Haven TX0950047 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 ppb |
| City of Edmonson TX0950015 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.7 ppb |
| Grand Castle Estates TX0950070 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 ppb |
| Loma Alta WSC TX0950059 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.6 ppb |
| Ebeling WSC TX0950064 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.4 ppb |
| City of Abernathy TX0950001 | 2,865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 ppb |
| City of Hale Center TX0950002 | 1,705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| City of Petersburg TX0950003 | 1,205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 ppb |
ZIP reports in Hale County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 79073.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.