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Archer County, Texas

7 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 9,481 people in Archer County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

7
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
546
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX009 · Archer County 7 sys · 546 viol · #2401/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 74.4% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2401/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 86%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Collin County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Archer County ranks #2,401 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #172 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Archer County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 74.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Archer County . Population served ranks #2,401 of 3,254 · #172 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Archer County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Archer County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Bee · highest Hidalgo · near Guadalupe · near 66.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Holliday 2,724 23 -
Windthorst WSC 1,662 13 -
City of Archer City 1,595 108 -
Archer County MUD 1 1,330 14 -
City of Lakeside City 1,091 15 -
City of Scotland 900 26 -
City of Megargel 179 347 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Archer County

Cross-state counties nearest Archer County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (546). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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