How many water violations are in Orange County?

Orange County has 7,379 total drinking water violations across 48 water systems, of which 1,771 are health-based violations. 95.8% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Orange County systems?

Water systems in Orange County serve approximately 79,285 people through 48 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Orange County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 1 of 6 tested systems in Orange County had at least one PFAS detection (16.7% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 48 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Orange County?

Water systems in Orange County use GW (46 systems), SW (2 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 24.0% of Orange County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Orange County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Orange County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Orange County ranks #681 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #49 of 254 counties in Texas. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Orange County, Texas

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX361 · Orange County 48 sys · 7,379 viol · #681/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 95.8% flagged
HEALTH-MID 24.0% health
RANK-UPPER #681/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-LOW 16.7% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 96%
SYS-MID 48 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Denton County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Orange County ranks #681 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #49 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Orange County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 24.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 16.7% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #681 of 3,254 · #49 of 254 in Texas.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
City of Orange	19,300	118	Clean
Orange County Wcid 1	15,258	370	Detected
Mauriceville MUD	10,374	30	Clean
City of Bridge City	9,546	42	Clean
Orangefield WSC	8,231	76	Clean
Orange County Wcid 2	4,074	47	Clean
City of Pinehurst	3,131	20	-
Dow Chemical Sabine River Operations	2,200	243	-
Exxpress Mart 21	900	80	-
Country Squire Water & Sewer	704	71	-
City of Rose City	664	1,226	-
Evergreen Park Hickory Hills Water Syste	363	118	-
Lcm Mart	300	0	-
Longford Place Water System	262	175	-
Kinard Estates	254	107	-
Church of Jesus Christ of Lds Vidor	250	6	-
Orange Plant	241	59	-
City of Bridge City Waterwood Estates	240	43	-
Maritime Admin Beaumont Layberth Facil	240	200	-
Decent Store	225	75	-
Honeywell	200	83	-
Lion Elastomers Orange	172	109	-
Sugar Pines MHP	170	260	-
Chevron Phillips Chemical Orange Polyeth	160	14	-
Entergy Sabine Plant	150	65	-
Snappys Express Mart	150	2	-
Orange County Ice	140	65	-
Sunrise East Apartments	118	32	-
Mobile Estates Mobile Home Park	91	38	-
Parkview Water Supply	88	255	-
Corbett Water System 1	85	132	-
Claire Street Water System	84	72	-
Oak Acres Mobile Home Park	80	690	-
Lakeview Grocery 2	80	109	-
Ranchette Estates	75	239	-
Houseman Park	73	251	-
River Bend Water System	69	132	-
Lakeview Estates	65	327	-
Capri and Gall Streets	65	273	-
Rtp Orange	65	50	-
Sawmill Addition	64	456	-
International Paper Orange Mill	60	62	-
Yeager Estates Addition	57	74	-
Timer Water System	46	162	-
Orange Carbon Black Plant	42	34	-
Sti Group	28	27	-
Susan Circle Community WS	26	260	-
Dollar General Store 24645 Vidor	25	0	-

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Orange County

Cross-state counties nearest Orange County on flagged-system share (95.8%) and cumulative violation count (7,379). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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