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Gonzales County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX177 · Gonzales County 7 sys · 799 viol · #1624/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1624/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 71%
  • SYS-TINY 7 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, Gonzales County ranks #1,624 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #111 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Gonzales 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 10.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,624 of 3,254 · #111 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Gonzales County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Gonzales 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
Gonzales County WSC 10,350 157 Detected
City of Gonzales 9,172 80 Detected
City of Nixon 2,378 20 -
City of Waelder 970 230 -
City of Smiley 458 101 -
Diamond a Goss Bar-B-Q 206 65 -
Warm Springs Rehab Hospital 166 146 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Gonzales County

Cross-state counties nearest Gonzales County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (799). 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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