Public water system · TX2200372
ActiveBig Horn Travel Center
At a glance
Big Horn Travel Center (PWSID TX2200372) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Tarrant County, Texas. It reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
40
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
NTNCWS
Non-transient non-community water system
System record
How does Big Horn Travel Center compare with other water systems in Tarrant County?
By EPA's size categories, Big Horn Travel Center is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Tarrant County has 108 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 19,687 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 2,126,239 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Texas, the 7,078 active systems average 4,789 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Big Horn Travel Center is well below that figure.
What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?
A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Texas has 862 active non-transient non-community water systems, 12% 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 Horn Travel Center?
EPA lists Big Horn Travel Center 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. 61 of the 108 active systems in Tarrant County (56%) are also privately owned.
Does Big Horn Travel Center have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2019 and October 2025. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting, 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 required treatment not met and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (2 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved and 1 as unaddressed. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2025-05-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-10-17 | Required treatment not metLSL Inventory · code 2E | Lead and Copper Rule Revisionscode 5200 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2024-10-17 | ReportingLSL Reporting · code 4G | Lead and Copper Rule Revisionscode 5200 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
All 6 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 Horn Travel Center: frequently asked questions
Who runs Big Horn Travel Center?
Big Horn Travel Center (PWSID TX2200372) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TX state drinking water program.
How many people does Big Horn Travel Center serve?
Big Horn Travel Center reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in Tarrant County, Texas.
Where does Big Horn Travel Center 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 Horn Travel Center have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. 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 Horn Travel Center'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. EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TX state drinking water program.
Where can I find Big Horn Travel Center's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Big Horn Travel Center is a non-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 Tarrant County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fort Worth | Tarrant | 955,900 | Community | Surface water |
| City of Arlington | Tarrant | 413,955 | Community | Surface water |
| City of Mansfield | Tarrant | 89,227 | Community | Surface water |
| City of North Richland Hills | Tarrant | 74,859 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| City of Euless | Tarrant | 61,601 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| City of Grapevine | Tarrant | 52,346 | Community | 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 Horn Travel Center, PWSID TX2200372, Texas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/texas/big-horn-travel-center-tx2200372 (data as of October 1, 2026).