Galveston County, Texas
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet TX167 · Galveston County 57 sys · 3,917 viol · #180/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 89.5% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 13.8% health
- RANK-TOP #180/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 91.7% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 58%
- SYS-MID 57 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Chambers County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Galveston County ranks #180 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #16 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.
Galveston County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 89.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 91.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #180 of 3,254 · #16 of 254 in Texas.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Galveston County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Galveston County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Lower-flagged peers for Galveston County
Cross-state counties nearest Galveston County on flagged-system share (89.5%) and cumulative violation count (3,917). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.
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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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