Community Water System · PWS TX0760001
City of Roby
Operator location Roby, Texas - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 175 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,147 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,147
- People served (this PWS)
- 175
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 29
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Roby standing, high SDWIS violation third
175 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,277 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Roby sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (175), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,147 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,277 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #2,150 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 175
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 673
- County
- Fisher
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 26
- Monitoring Violations
- 101
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 57 | 2014 |
| Public Notice | Other | 32 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 22 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MCL | 15 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 11 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 8 | 2019 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Roby has 175 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (29 of 175), and it ranks #18,277 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)
175 Higher than most more violations than 83% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for City of Roby
175 violations on record for TX0760001; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
175 violations · 1,147 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Roby
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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