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Madison County, Texas

7 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 12,860 people in Madison County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

7
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
275
Total violations Lower third of counties
85.7%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX313 · Madison County 7 sys · 275 viol · #2158/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 46.9% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2158/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Madison County ranks #2,158 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #150 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Madison County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 46.9% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,158 of 3,254 · #150 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Madison County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Madison · this county Midland · near Bee · highest 66.7% 84.8% 85.7% 85.7% 85.9% 86.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Madisonville 6,111 34 Clean
Tdcj Ferguson Unit 3,043 33 -
North Zulch MUD 1,800 27 -
High Prairie Water Supply Corp 1,494 14 -
Rustic Gardens RV Park 210 24 -
City of Midway 173 143 -
Osr Estates Subdivision 29 0 -

Compare beyond Texas

Lower-flagged peers for Madison County

Cross-state counties nearest Madison County on flagged-system share (85.7%) and cumulative violation count (275). 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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