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Brown County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX049 · Brown County 8 sys · 314 viol · #1009/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1009/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 75%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Brown County ranks #1,009 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #72 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Brown 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 29.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,009 of 3,254 · #72 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Brown County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Brown 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 Brownwood 18,862 13 Detected
Brookesmith Special Utility District 12,621 19 Detected
Zephyr WSC 7,575 60 Detected
City of Early 3,296 39 -
City of Bangs 2,964 49 -
City of Blanket 367 16 -
May WSC 363 86 -
Brown County Wid 1 0 32 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Brown County

Cross-state counties nearest Brown County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (314). 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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