Public water system · TX1230110
ActiveCowboy Travel Plaza
At a glance
Cowboy Travel Plaza (PWSID TX1230110) is an active transient non-community water system in Jefferson County, Texas. It reports serving 200 people through 12 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 November 2020.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
200
Service connections
12
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Cowboy Travel Plaza compare with other water systems in Jefferson County?
By EPA's size categories, Cowboy Travel Plaza is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Jefferson County has 25 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 10,226 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 255,661 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 Cowboy Travel Plaza is about 39% above 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 Cowboy Travel Plaza?
EPA lists Cowboy Travel Plaza 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. 10 of the 25 active systems in Jefferson County (40%) are also privately owned.
Does Cowboy Travel Plaza have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2020. The violations listed here began between September 2019 and November 2020. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 6 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-10-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-06-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-05-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-05-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-04-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-12-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-11-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-09-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | 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.
Cowboy Travel Plaza: frequently asked questions
Who runs Cowboy Travel Plaza?
Cowboy Travel Plaza (PWSID TX1230110) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TX state drinking water program.
How many people does Cowboy Travel Plaza serve?
Cowboy Travel Plaza reports serving 200 people through 12 service connections in Jefferson County, Texas.
Where does Cowboy Travel Plaza 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 Cowboy Travel Plaza 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 November 2020. 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 Cowboy Travel Plaza'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 November 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TX state drinking water program.
Where can I find Cowboy Travel Plaza's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Cowboy Travel Plaza 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 Jefferson County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Beaumont Water Utility Dept | Jefferson | 115,282 | Community | Surface water |
| City of Port Arthur | Jefferson | 56,039 | Community | Surface water |
| City of Nederland | Jefferson | 18,157 | Community | Surface water |
| City of Groves | Jefferson | 17,335 | Community | Surface water |
| City of Port Neches | Jefferson | 17,043 | Community | Surface water |
| West Jefferson County Mwd | Jefferson | 9,367 | 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, “Cowboy Travel Plaza, PWSID TX1230110, Texas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/texas/cowboy-travel-plaza-tx1230110 (data as of October 1, 2026).