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Rains County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX379 · Rains County 6 sys · 1,423 viol · #2071/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 30.0% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2071/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 67%
  • SYS-TINY 6 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, Rains County ranks #2,071 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #147 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Rains 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 30.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #2,071 of 3,254 · #147 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Rains County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Rains 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 Emory 3,762 153 Detected
City of Point 3,600 877 Detected
South Rains Sud 3,594 114 -
City of East Tawakoni 2,686 211 -
Bright Star Salem Sud 2 378 27 -
Rolling Fork RV & Mobile Home Park 95 41 -

Compare beyond Texas

Mid-flagged peers for Rains County

Cross-state counties nearest Rains County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,423). 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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