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Bell County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX027 · Bell County 30 sys · 1,709 viol · #169/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 40.3% health
  • RANK-TOP #169/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 85.7% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 30 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Johnson County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bell County ranks #169 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bell County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 40.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 85.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #169 of 3,254 · #14 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bell County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Bell · this county Erath · near Bee · highest 66.7% 96.5% 96.7% 96.7% 96.8% 97% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Killeen 151,261 29 Detected
City of Temple 94,935 199 Detected
US Army South Fort Cavazos 35,669 24 Detected
City of Harker Heights 34,834 27 Detected
City of Belton 25,466 19 Detected
Salado WSC 10,056 18 Detected
Bell County Wcid 3 7,836 31 Detected
439 WSC 7,836 68 Detected
Bell Milam Falls WSC 6,885 174 Detected
City of Morgans Point Resort 5,000 83 Detected
Dog Ridge WSC 4,953 53 Clean
West Bell County WSC 4,710 26 Detected
East Bell WSC 4,287 21 Detected
Moffat WSC 4,182 20 Clean
Armstrong WSC 3,285 36 -
Pendleton WSC 3,111 13 -
City of Troy 2,350 109 -
Central Texas College Killeen 2,330 66 -
Bell County Wcid 2 1,961 61 -
Little Elm Valley WSC 1,896 56 -
US Army Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation A 1,500 12 -
City of Holland 1,204 68 -
City of Rogers 1,200 114 -
Stonegate Mobile Estates 594 0 -
Bell County Wcid 5 579 72 -
Oenaville & Belfalls WSC 238 14 -
Bell County Wcid 1 237 10 -
Arrowhead Hill WSC 78 122 -
Central Texas WSC 0 144 -
Bluebonnet WSC 0 20 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Bell County

Cross-state counties nearest Bell County on flagged-system share (96.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,709). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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