Public water system · TX0190052
ActiveBig Creek Landing
At a glance
Big Creek Landing (PWSID TX0190052) is an active transient non-community water system in Bowie County, Texas. It reports serving 96 people through 32 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
96
Service connections
32
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Big Creek Landing compare with other water systems in Bowie County?
By EPA's size categories, Big Creek Landing is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Bowie County has 20 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 4,709 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 94,176 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Texas, the 7,078 active systems average 4,789 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Big Creek Landing is about 33% below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Texas has 1,622 active transient non-community water systems, 23% of the state's 7,078 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 5,215 Texas systems (74%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Big Creek Landing?
EPA lists Big Creek Landing as privately owned. The TX state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 5 of the 20 active systems in Bowie County (25%) are also privately owned.
Does Big Creek Landing have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016. The violations listed here began between October 2014 and July 2016. By type: 7 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 5 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (7 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as addressed. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Addressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is covered by formal enforcement.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-11 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Addressed |
| 2015-11-10 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-10-10 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-06-10 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-06-02 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-06-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-02-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2015-01-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-10-10 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Big Creek Landing: frequently asked questions
Who runs Big Creek Landing?
Big Creek Landing (PWSID TX0190052) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TX state drinking water program.
How many people does Big Creek Landing serve?
Big Creek Landing reports serving 96 people through 32 service connections in Bowie County, Texas.
Where does Big Creek Landing get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Big Creek Landing have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Big Creek Landing's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2016. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TX state drinking water program.
Where can I find Big Creek Landing's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Big Creek Landing is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Bowie County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana Water Utilities | Bowie | 37,000 | Community | Surface water |
| Macedonia Eylau MUD 1 | Bowie | 14,652 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Central Bowie County WSC | Bowie | 9,210 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| City of New Boston | Bowie | 6,880 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| City of Wake Village | Bowie | 5,945 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| City of Redwater | Bowie | 4,356 | Community | Purchased surface water |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Big Creek Landing, PWSID TX0190052, Texas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/texas/big-creek-landing-tx0190052 (data as of October 1, 2026).