Question 1

Is City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III (PWS ID: TX0270022) has 113 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 675 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III serves 675 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Granite Shoals or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 225 service connections. The operator address is listed in Granite Shoals, Texas.

Question 3

What type of violations does City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III have?

Accepted Answer

City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III has 113 total violations: 12 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 72 monitoring/reporting violations, and 12 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III use?

Accepted Answer

City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III ranks #24,816 of 29,740 by people served, and #2,706 of 3,040 in Texas. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III has 113 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 24% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 76% of that cohort has fewer violations than City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	35	2018
Public Notice	Other	25	2021
Coliform (TCR)	MR	13	2012
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	12	2015
Chlorine	MR	12	2021
E. COLI	MR	8	2021
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	4	2014
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	4	2021

City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III

City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for City of Granite Shoals Sherwood III

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

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