Public water system · TX0290001

Active

City of Point Comfort

At a glance

City of Point Comfort (PWSID TX0290001) is an active community water system in Calhoun County, Texas. It reports serving 759 people through 253 service connections. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025.

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

Population served

759

Service connections

253

Primary source

Surface water

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDTX0290001

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served759

Service connections253

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyTX state drinking water program

City served—

StateTexas

ZIP—

CountyCalhoun County

How does City of Point Comfort compare with other water systems in Calhoun County?

By EPA's size categories, City of Point Comfort is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Calhoun County has 22 active public water systems, and City of Point Comfort is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 33% below the county average of 1,136 people per system, and accounts for 3% of the 24,998 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 City of Point Comfort 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. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 328 Texas systems (4.6%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates City of Point Comfort?

EPA lists City of Point Comfort as owned by a local government. 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. 7 of the 22 active systems in Calhoun County (32%) are also owned by a local government.

Does City of Point Comfort have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. The violations listed here began between March 2021 and May 2025. By type: 8 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 3 monitoring and reporting and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (5 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 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
2025-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2025-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2025-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2024-07-02	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2022-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2022-05-12	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2022-05-12	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2022-02-07	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2021-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2021-05-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2021-03-18	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2021-03-01	Required treatment not metMonthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR) · code 44	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	Yes	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.

City of Point Comfort: frequently asked questions

Who runs City of Point Comfort?

City of Point Comfort (PWSID TX0290001) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the TX state drinking water program.

How many people does City of Point Comfort serve?

City of Point Comfort reports serving 759 people through 253 service connections in Calhoun County, Texas.

Where does City of Point Comfort get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does City of Point Comfort have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in May 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 City of Point Comfort'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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in May 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 City of Point Comfort's water quality report?

As a community water system, City of Point Comfort 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 Calhoun County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
City of Port Lavaca	Calhoun	12,000	Community	Purchased surface water
Gbra Calhoun County Rural Water System	Calhoun	4,482	Community	Purchased surface water
Formosa Point Comfort I	Calhoun	2,400	Non-transient non-community	Purchased surface water
City of Seadrift	Calhoun	1,577	Community	Groundwater
Port Oconnor Improvement District	Calhoun	1,139	Community	Groundwater
Ucc Seadrift Operations	Calhoun	683	Non-transient non-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, “City of Point Comfort, PWSID TX0290001, Texas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/texas/city-of-point-comfort-tx0290001 (data as of October 1, 2026).