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Bastrop County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX021 · Bastrop County 21 sys · 1,749 viol · #479/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #479/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 20.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 86%
  • SYS-SMALL 21 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hays County (+ 0.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bastrop County ranks #479 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #39 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bastrop County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 20.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #479 of 3,254 · #39 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bastrop County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Hays · near Montgomery · near Bee · highest 66.7% 81% 81.5% 81.9% 82.3% 82.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Aqua WSC 86,325 54 Clean
City of Bastrop 13,209 145 Clean
City of Elgin 13,188 12 Clean
Bastrop County Wcid 2 7,269 68 Detected
City of Smithville 4,901 128 Clean
The Colony MUD 1A 2,262 6 -
Bastrop County Wcid 1 696 68 -
The Colony MUD 1B 657 1 -
The Colony MUD 1E 468 6 -
Bastrop County MUD 1 354 10 -
K & K Water North 318 102 -
The Colony MUD 1D 276 0 -
The Colony MUD 1C 219 0 -
K & K Water South 213 112 -
West Bastrop Village MUD 120 8 -
Greener Pastures Chicken 65 0 -
J & R MHP 46 14 -
Elgin Municipal Utility District 2 45 0 -
River Oaks Trailer Park 37 29 -
Water System 36 37 -
Texas Rain 25 949 -

Compare beyond Texas

Lower-flagged peers for Bastrop County

Cross-state counties nearest Bastrop County on flagged-system share (81.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,749). 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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