Public Water System

LAKE FRONT BUCHANAN

PWSID TX1500033 · Texas · 69 people served

Failing

LAKE FRONT BUCHANAN is an EPA-regulated public water system in Texas (PWSID TX1500033). It serves an estimated 69 residents — a rural community of customers — across 1 community across 1 ZIP code.

Over the past five years, LAKE FRONT BUCHANAN has recorded 20 EPA health-based violations. The grade of F summarizes this compliance pattern. Specific contaminants, dates, and rule citations are listed in the violation history below.

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Centered on the averaged ZIP-code centroid of 1 ZIP served.

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Violations

EPA Health-Based Violations

Health-based Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations on file for LAKE FRONT BUCHANAN over the past five years of EPA SDWIS reporting.

Nitratechemical

EPA Code 1040 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

10 mg/L

Last Reading

11 MG/L

First Reported

Apr 2024

Most Recent

Oct 2024

What this violation means

Nitrate contamination is most acute in agricultural regions where fertilizer and animal waste leach into groundwater. The immediate risk is to formula-fed infants under 6 months — high nitrate levels prevent their blood from carrying oxygen, causing 'blue baby syndrome.' Pregnant women should also avoid high-nitrate water.

Recommended precautions

→Never give untreated high-nitrate water to infants — use bottled water for formula.
→Boiling does NOT remove nitrate. Boiling concentrates it.
→Reverse osmosis, ion exchange, or distillation are the only effective home treatments.
→Private well owners in farming areas should test annually for nitrate.

Read the complete guide to Nitrate

Atrazinechemical

EPA Code 1075 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

0.003 mg/L

Last Reading

.005 MG/L

First Reported

Jan 2021

Most Recent

Jan 2021

What this violation means

Atrazine is one of the most widely used herbicides in US agriculture, primarily on corn and sorghum. Spring runoff from farm fields creates seasonal spikes in atrazine levels in surface water sources across the Midwest. Long-term exposure is linked to hormone disruption and reproductive effects.

Recommended precautions

→Granular activated carbon removes atrazine — most carbon filters work.
→Reverse osmosis provides additional protection.
→Atrazine spikes are seasonal — utilities monitor quarterly averages, but acute exposure can occur in spring.

Read the complete guide to Atrazine

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations only. Older violations may have been resolved; check your utility's most recent Consumer Confidence Report for current status.

Cities Served by LAKE FRONT BUCHANAN

BUCHANAN DAM

ZIP Codes Served

78609

About this system

EPA records this system as PWSID TX1500033. Data reflects the most recent EPA SDWIS publication as of 2026-05-18. Public Water System Identifiers (PWSIDs) are assigned by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act program to track every regulated water utility in the United States. The first two letters typically indicate the state primacy agency. For real-time water quality information, contact LAKE FRONT BUCHANAN directly or review their annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).