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Community Water System · PWS TX1470003

City of Kosse

Operator location Kosse, Texas - 0% of 45 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 461 served per SDWIS.

461
People served (this PWS)
45
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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City of Kosse standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 45 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%).

The verdict

City of Kosse lands in the middle third by violation volume (45), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (461; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

45
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
461
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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
290
County
Limestone
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
40
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 28 2022
Coliform (TCR) MR 8 2014
Chlorine MR 4 2008
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2014
Public Notice Other 2 2022
Groundwater Rule Other 1 2014

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

City of Kosse has 45 recorded EPA violations, 54% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 46% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 45), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

45 Around the middle fewer violations than 46% 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

Health-based violations on City of Kosse

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 TX1470003.

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

Nationwide peers

45 violations · 461 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with City of Kosse

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