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Wise County, Texas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet TX497 · Wise County 60 sys · 8,175 viol · #1048/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.1% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1048/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 78%
  • SYS-MID 60 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Burnet County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wise County ranks #1,048 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #78 of 254 counties in Texas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wise County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,048 of 3,254 · #78 of 254 in Texas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wise County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Howard · lowest Kendall · near Burnet · near Bee · highest 66.7% 87.5% 87.8% 88.3% 88.6% 89.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Decatur Water Plant 6,910 97 Detected
City of Bridgeport 5,930 197 Detected
West Wise Sud 3,909 318 Detected
City of Runaway Bay 2,458 271 -
City of Boyd 2,044 109 -
Chisholm Springs 1,947 10 -
City of Rhome 1,690 223 -
City of Chico 1,596 186 -
City of Alvord 1,360 133 -
City of Newark 1,232 50 -
City of Paradise 969 175 -
Sunshine Meadows Water Utility 918 8 -
Chisholm Hills Estates 867 12 -
Mesa Ridge Subdivision 795 9 -
Hills of Oliver Creek 732 28 -
Sid Richardson Scout Ranch 650 254 -
Hills of Briar Oaks 612 61 -
Rolling V Ranch Wcid 3 of Wise County 576 0 -
Old Chisolm Estates 546 63 -
New Fairview MUD 1 537 0 -
Kings Rest Subdivision 534 197 -
Highland Hills 450 7 -
Aurora Vista 447 92 -
Sage Brush Estates 408 10 -
Glider Base Estates 390 385 -
Coyote Ridge Addition 375 154 -
Decatur Acres Water 369 92 -
Grand Harbor WSC 360 721 -
Reatta Estates 276 5 -
Highland Meadows Water System 264 27 -
Paradise Quick Stop 4 250 189 -
Sky View Ranch Estates 225 21 -
Wildwood Naturists Resort Water System 225 20 -
Windmill Trail 222 187 -
Txdot Wise County Sra 200 23 -
Imperial Group Manufacturing 200 44 -
Stonegate Water 198 6 -
Slidell WSC 192 145 -
Camp Summit 180 82 -
Sunridge RV Park 156 0 -
Bluebonnet Resort 150 29 -
Hawk Ridge 135 5 -
Singing Meadows Subdivision 129 4 -
Strawberry Estates 123 0 -
T L Water Jones Acres 120 2,913 -
Hillcrest North MUD 114 0 -
Hideaway Bay Lake Shores WSC 108 25 -
114 Industrial Park 102 0 -
Alvord Oaks RV Park 84 12 -
Killough Addition 81 18 -

Compare beyond Texas

Lower-flagged peers for Wise County

Cross-state counties nearest Wise County on flagged-system share (88.3%) and cumulative violation count (8,175). 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

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