Public water system · TX2120090

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Pine Cove Ranch Camp

At a glance

Pine Cove Ranch Camp (PWSID TX2120090) is an active transient non-community water system in Smith County, Texas. It reports serving 1,512 people through 10 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2020.

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

Population served

1,512

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDTX2120090

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served1,512

Service connections10

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyTX state drinking water program

City served—

StateTexas

ZIP—

CountySmith County

How does Pine Cove Ranch Camp compare with other water systems in Smith County?

By EPA's size categories, Pine Cove Ranch Camp is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Smith County has 45 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 6,223 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 280,017 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 Pine Cove Ranch Camp is about 11 times 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 Pine Cove Ranch Camp?

EPA lists Pine Cove Ranch Camp 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. 22 of the 45 active systems in Smith County (49%) are also privately owned.

Does Pine Cove Ranch Camp have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2020. The violations listed here began between August 1993 and May 2020. By type: 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (4 of them). EPA lists 7 as resolved and 2 as archived. 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. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2020-05-17	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2019-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-02-23	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2010-10-10	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2010-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-07-10	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1993-08-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1993-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 9 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.

Pine Cove Ranch Camp: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pine Cove Ranch Camp?

Pine Cove Ranch Camp (PWSID TX2120090) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TX state drinking water program.

How many people does Pine Cove Ranch Camp serve?

Pine Cove Ranch Camp reports serving 1,512 people through 10 service connections in Smith County, Texas.

Where does Pine Cove Ranch Camp 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 Pine Cove Ranch Camp have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 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 Pine Cove Ranch Camp'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TX state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pine Cove Ranch Camp's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pine Cove Ranch Camp 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 Smith County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
City of Tyler	Smith	107,000	Community	Surface water
Southern Utilities	Smith	69,735	Community	Purchased surface water
Lindale Rural WSC	Smith	14,781	Community	Groundwater
City of Whitehouse	Smith	9,571	Community	Purchased surface water
Walnut Grove WSC	Smith	8,775	Community	Purchased surface water
City of Lindale	Smith	6,313	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, “Pine Cove Ranch Camp, PWSID TX2120090, Texas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/texas/pine-cove-ranch-camp-tx2120090 (data as of October 1, 2026).