County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Jim Wells County, Texas
13 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 25,890 people in Jim Wells County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 13
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 7,346
- Total violations Upper third of counties
- 92.3%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
- 100.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Upper third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet TX249 · Jim Wells County 13 sys · 7,346 viol · #1517/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 8.8% health
- RANK-MID #1517/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 92%
- SYS-SMALL 13 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: El Paso County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jim Wells County ranks #1,517 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #104 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.
Jim Wells County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.8% 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 #1,517 of 3,254 · #104 of 254 in Texas.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jim Wells County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Jim Wells County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Alice | 19,104 | 25 | Detected |
| City of Premont | 2,441 | 62 | - |
| Jim Wells County Fwsd 1 | 1,950 | 690 | - |
| City of Orange Grove | 1,170 | 28 | - |
| Dollar General Sandia | 287 | 24 | - |
| Loma Linda Water Supply | 216 | 2,398 | - |
| Paisano Mobile Home Park | 146 | 89 | - |
| Envigo Global Services | 146 | 1,294 | - |
| La Gloria Isd | 140 | 61 | - |
| Sandia Family Dollar Store | 100 | 0 | - |
| English Acres | 90 | 2,485 | - |
| Stglh Alice | 74 | 16 | - |
| Orange Grove Navy Aux Landing Fld | 26 | 174 | - |
Compare beyond Texas
Lower-flagged peers for Jim Wells County
Cross-state counties nearest Jim Wells County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (7,346). 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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