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Community Water System · PWS TX0570056

City of Rowlett

Operator location Rowlett, Texas - 0% of 16 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 66,212 served per SDWIS.

66,212
People served (this PWS)
16
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
4 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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City of Rowlett standing, low SDWIS violation third

0% of 16 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #793 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

City of Rowlett is in the lower third by violation count (16; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is large (66,212; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).

#793 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#67 of 3,040
Population · TX
16
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
26,905
County
Dallas
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
12
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 8 2017
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 4 2015
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2017

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

City of Rowlett has 16 recorded EPA violations, 26% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 72% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 16), and it ranks #793 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

16 Lower than most fewer violations than 72% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 8 of 91 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFDA 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/25/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/25/2025 3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 8/25/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/25/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/25/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/25/2025 3.30 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFOS 8/25/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/25/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/25/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/25/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/25/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/25/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/25/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/25/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/25/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/25/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/25/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/25/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/25/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/25/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/19/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/19/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/19/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/19/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/19/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/19/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/19/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/19/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/19/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/19/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/19/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/19/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/19/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/19/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on City of Rowlett

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX0570056.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch

Nationwide peers

16 violations · 66,212 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with City of Rowlett

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Texas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Texas systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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