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Dawson County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX115 · Dawson County 4 sys · 2,604 viol · #2330/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 78.9% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2330/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 75%
  • SYS-TINY 4 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, Dawson County ranks #2,330 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #168 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Dawson 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 78.9% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,330 of 3,254 · #168 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dawson County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Dawson 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 Lamesa 9,442 51 Clean
Welch WSC 315 1,114 -
Klondike Isd 311 1,051 -
City of Ackerly 245 388 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Dawson County

Cross-state counties nearest Dawson County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,604). 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).

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

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