County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Ector County, Texas
30 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 146,430 people in Ector County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 30
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 3,415
- Total violations Upper third of counties
- 86.7%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
- 100.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Upper third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet TX135 · Ector County 30 sys · 3,415 viol · #429/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 86.7% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 42.1% health
- RANK-TOP #429/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 87%
- SYS-SMALL 30 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Harris County ( -0.4 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ector County ranks #429 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #35 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.
Ector County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 86.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 42.1% 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 #429 of 3,254 · #35 of 254 in Texas.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ector County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Ector County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
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Lower-flagged peers for Ector County
Cross-state counties nearest Ector County on flagged-system share (86.7%) and cumulative violation count (3,415). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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