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Knox County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX275 · Knox County 8 sys · 1,379 viol · #2907/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 68.8% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2907/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Collin County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Knox County ranks #2,907 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #212 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Knox 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 68.8% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Knox County . Population served ranks #2,907 of 3,254 · #212 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Knox County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Knox 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
City of Munday 1,478 160 -
City of Knox City 1,037 80 -
Knox County Rural Sud 393 10 -
Rra Truscott Gilliland Water System 243 489 -
City of Benjamin 235 367 -
City of Goree Water System 203 131 -
Rhineland WSC 136 55 -
North Central Texas Municipal Water Auth 132 87 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Knox County

Cross-state counties nearest Knox County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,379). 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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