Community Water System · PWS TX1770001
City of Roscoe
Operator location Roscoe, Texas - 67% of 658 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,238 served per SDWIS.
- 1,238
- People served (this PWS)
- 658
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 442
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Roscoe standing, high SDWIS violation third
67% of 658 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 67% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #17,554 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Roscoe sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (658), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,238 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 67% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,554 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #2,088 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 658
- Total EPA violations on record
- 67%
- 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
- 523
- County
- Nolan
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 423
- Monitoring Violations
- 144
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 19
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MCL | 423 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 55 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 46 | 2019 |
| Public Notice | Other | 45 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 24 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 19 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 18 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 16 | 2017 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Roscoe has 658 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 67% of this system's own violations are health-based (442 of 658), and it ranks #17,554 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)
658 Higher than most more violations than 97% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on City of Roscoe
442 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1770001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
658 violations · 1,238 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 Roscoe
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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