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Erath County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX143 · Erath County 31 sys · 4,926 viol · #1240/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1240/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 87%
  • SYS-SMALL 31 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, Erath County ranks #1,240 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #86 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Erath County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,240 of 3,254 · #86 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Erath County

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

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

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

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Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Erath County

Cross-state counties nearest Erath County on flagged-system share (96.8%) and cumulative violation count (4,926). 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.

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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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