GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- 2025 Consumer Confidence Report PWS ID Number: TX2260027 PWS Name: Public Water Supply PWS Phone Number: 325-654-3126
Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2025.
We are pleased to present to you the Annual Water Quality Report (Consumer Confidence Report) for the year. This report is intended to provide you with important information about your drinking water and the efforts made by the water system to provide safe drinking water. As of the publication of this report, drinking water analysis has been conducted and continues a routine basis. All the results indicate that the water within the Goodfellow public water system is safe for use and consumption. (Este reporte incluye informacion importante sobre el agua para tomar. Para asistencia en español, favor de llamar al telefono (325) 654-3126.
For more information regarding this report, contact:
Name: Bioenvironmental Engineering (Goodfellow OMRS/SGXB)
Phone: 325-654-3126
For more information about opportunities for public participation in decisions that may affect the quality of water, please contact:
17th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES/CEIE) at 325-654-3456 for details regarding the Water Quality Working Group (AWWG) Stakeholders Meetings.
Sources of drinking water:
The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.
Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain small amounts of contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPAs Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791. Contaminants that may be present in source water include:
Microbial Contaminants - such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.
Inorganic Contaminants - such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial, or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.
Pesticides and Herbicides - which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.
Organic Chemical Contaminants – including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems.
Radioactive Contaminants – which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.
Special Health Information:
In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Contaminants may be found in drinking water that may cause taste, color, or odor problems. These types of problems are not necessarily causes for health concerns. For more information on taste, odor, or color of drinking water, please contact the system's business office.
Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).
Health Information for Lead:
Lead can cause serious health effects in people of all ages, especially pregnant people, infants (both formula-fed and breastfed), and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and parts used in service lines and in home plumbing. Goodfellow Air Force Base is responsible for providing high quality drinking water and removing lead pipes but cannot control the variety of materials used in the plumbing in your home. Because lead levels may vary over time, lead exposure is possible even when your tap sampling results do not detect lead at one point in time. You can help protect yourself and your family by identifying and removing lead materials within your home plumbing and taking steps to reduce your family's risk. Using a filter, certified by an American National Standards Institute accredited certifier to reduce lead, is effective in reducing lead exposures.
Follow the instructions provided with the filter to ensure the filter is used properly. Use only cold water for drinking, cooking, and making baby formula. Boiling water does not remove lead from water. Before using tap water for drinking, cooking, or making baby formula, flush your pipes for several minutes. You can do this by running your tap, taking a shower, doing laundry or a load of dishes. If you have a lead service line or galvanized requiring replacement service line, you may need to flush your pipes for a longer period. If you are concerned about lead in your water and wish to have your water tested, contact Goodfellow Air Force Base at 325-654-3127. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available at https://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead. A service line inventory has been prepared and can be accessed at drinking water viewer search hub page at https://dwv.tceq.texas.gov/ The service line inventory is located in the available searches field under the Service Line Inventory tab.
A service line inventory has been prepared and can be accessed by contacting the 17th Civil Engineer Squadron at 325-654-3456. There are no known lead services lines on Goodfellow AFB.
Disinfection by-products: Chlorine is typically used to disinfect water as part of the treatment process. Chlorinated disinfection agents such as chlorine and monochloramine are strong oxidizing agents introduced into water to destroy pathogenic microbes, to oxidize taste/odor-forming compounds, and to form a disinfectant residual so water can reach consumer taps safe from microbial contamination. These disinfectants may react with organic matter naturally present in the water, as well as iodide and bromide ions, to produce a range of undesirable disinfection by-products (DBPs) such as the trihalomethanes (THMs), haloacetic acids (HAAs), and other by-products. On a four-quarter running average, the limit of THMs and HAAs in water distribution systems is 80 ppb and 60 ppb, respectively. According to EPA and health experts, prolonged exposure to such disinfection by- products in drinking water, at high levels, has been associated with health risks including cancer.
Where do we get our drinking water?
Goodfellow AFB does not have a water treatment plant and receives treated water from the City of San Angelo. All of San Angelo’s water is treated at the San Angelo Water Treatment Plant. This includes surface water from the Colorado River (E. V. Spence Reservoir in Coke County and O. H. Ivie Reservoir in Concho, Coleman, and Runnels Counties); South Concho River (Twin Buttes Reservoir and Lake Nasworthy both in Tom Green County); North Concho River (O. C. Fisher Lake Reservoir in Tom Green County), and Hickory Aquifer wells (in McCullough County and Menard County) from which the city currently has permits to withdraw up to 8 MGD (or about 8,961 af/yr) of ground water for municipal use. The City of San Angelo’s Consumer Confidence Reports may be found in the following link: https://www.sanangelo.gov/818/Water-Report-Archive
Information about Source Water Assessments: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has completed a Source Water Assessment for all drinking water systems that own their sources. This report describes the susceptibility and types of constituents that may come into contact with the drinking water source based on human activities and natural conditions. The supply system from which we purchase our water received the assessment report. For more information on source water assessments and protection efforts of our system, contact the 17th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES/CEIE) at 325-654-3456.
Definitions and Abbreviations
In the tables below, you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms, we’ve provided the following definitions:
Action Level (AL) — The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.
Action Level Goal (ALG) — The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. ALGs allow for a margin of safety.
Average (Avg) — Regulatory compliance with some MCLs are based on running annual average of monthly samples.
Level 1 Assessment — A Level 1 assessment is a study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system.
Level 2 Assessment — A Level 2 assessment is a very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system on multiple occasions.
LRAA — Locational Running Annual Average.
Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) — The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) — The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.
Maximum residual disinfectant level goal (MRDLG) — The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.
Maximum residual disinfectant level (MRDL) — The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.
MFL — Million Fibers per Liter (a measure of asbestos).
mrem — Millirems per year (a measure of radiation absorbed by the body).
NA — Not Applicable
ND — No Detection
NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Units (a measure of turbidity).
pCi/L — Picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.
ppb — Micrograms per liter (ug/L) or parts per billion - or one ounce in 7,350,000 gallons of water.
ppm — Milligrams Per Liter (mg/L) or parts per million - or one ounce in 7,350 gallons of water.
ppq — Parts per quadrillion, or picograms per liter (pg/L).
ppt — Parts per trillion, or nanograms per liter (ng/L)
RAA — Running Annual Average.
Variances and Exemptions — State or EPA permission not to meet an MCL or a treatment technique under certain conditions.
Treatment Technique (TT) — A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.
2025 Water Quality Test Results
Regulated Contaminants
In the tables below, we have shown the regulated contaminants that were detected. Chemical Sampling of our drinking water may not be required on an annual basis; therefore, information provided in this table refers to the latest year of chemical sampling results. Sampling may also include results from the City of San Angelo.
Total Organic Carbon
The percentage of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) removal was measured each month, and the system met all TOC removal requirements set, unless a TOC violation is noted in the violations section.
Violations
During the period covered by this report we had the violations noted below.
UCMR 5
UCMR 5: Unregulated Contaminants Monitoring Rule 5 The UCMR program was developed in coordination with the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL). The CCL is a list of contaminants that are not regulated by the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, are known or anticipated to occur at public water systems and may warrant regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Data collected through UCMR are stored in the National Contaminant Occurrence Database (NCOD) to support analysis and review of contaminant occurrence, to guide the CCL selection process and to support the Administrator’s determination of whether to regulate a contaminant in the interest of protecting public health. The table below contains the contaminants that were detected.
For additional information visit: https://www.epa.gov/dwucmr/fifth-unregulated-contaminant-monitoring-rule
