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Cal Farleys Boys Ranch

At a glance

Cal Farleys Boys Ranch (PWSID TX1800002) is an active community water system in Oldham County, Texas. It reports serving 500 people through 135 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 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

500

Service connections

135

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDTX1800002

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served500

Service connections135

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyTX state drinking water program

City served—

StateTexas

ZIP—

CountyOldham County

How does Cal Farleys Boys Ranch compare with other water systems in Oldham County?

By EPA's size categories, Cal Farleys Boys Ranch is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Oldham County has 5 active public water systems, and Cal Farleys Boys Ranch is the 2nd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 33% above the county average of 377 people per system, and accounts for 27% of the 1,884 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Texas, the 7,078 active systems average 4,789 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Cal Farleys Boys Ranch is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Texas has 4,594 active community water systems, 65% 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 Cal Farleys Boys Ranch?

EPA lists Cal Farleys Boys Ranch 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. 2 of the 5 active systems in Oldham County (40%) are also privately owned.

Does Cal Farleys Boys Ranch 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 2025. The violations listed here began between October 2015 and July 2025. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting, 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Chlorine (4 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-07-02	ReportingNotification, Known or Potential LSL · code 4H	Lead and Copper Rule Revisionscode 5200	No	Resolved
2022-07-27	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2021-10-02	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2021-02-25	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2019-12-30	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2019-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2016-12-30	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2016-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2015-10-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2015-10-01	Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	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.

Cal Farleys Boys Ranch: frequently asked questions

Who runs Cal Farleys Boys Ranch?

Cal Farleys Boys Ranch (PWSID TX1800002) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TX state drinking water program.

How many people does Cal Farleys Boys Ranch serve?

Cal Farleys Boys Ranch reports serving 500 people through 135 service connections in Oldham County, Texas.

Where does Cal Farleys Boys Ranch 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 Cal Farleys Boys Ranch 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 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 Cal Farleys Boys Ranch'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 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the TX state drinking water program.

Where can I find Cal Farleys Boys Ranch's water quality report?

As a community water system, Cal Farleys Boys Ranch must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Oldham County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Vega Municipal Water System	Oldham	885	Community	Groundwater
Wildorado WSC	Oldham	220	Community	Groundwater
Vega Travel Center	Oldham	150	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Adrian Municipal Water System	Oldham	129	Community	Groundwater

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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, “Cal Farleys Boys Ranch, PWSID TX1800002, Texas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/texas/cal-farleys-boys-ranch-tx1800002 (data as of October 1, 2026).