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Community Water System · PWS TX1830030

Clayton WSC Plant 3 and 7

Operator location Clayton, Texas - 35% of 166 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 438 served per SDWIS.

438
People served (this PWS)
166
EPA violations (this PWS)
58
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Clayton WSC Plant 3 and 7 standing, high SDWIS violation third

35% of 166 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 35% is upper-third health share (> 23%).

The verdict

Clayton WSC Plant 3 and 7 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (166), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (438; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 35% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

166
Total EPA violations on record
35%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
438
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
146
County
Panola
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
45
Monitoring Violations
88
Treatment Tech Violations
13

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 45 2020
Chlorine MR 44 2008
Lead and Copper Rule MR 20 2021
Coliform (TCR) MR 17 2014
Public Notice Other 14 2023
Lead and Copper Rule TT 9 2018
E. COLI MR 7 2022
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 4 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 4 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Clayton WSC Plant 3 and 7 has 166 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 35% of this system's own violations are health-based (58 of 166), 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)

166 Higher than most more violations than 83% 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 Clayton WSC Plant 3 and 7

58 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX1830030.

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

Nationwide peers

166 violations · 438 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.

4 peers

What to do with Clayton WSC Plant 3 and 7

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
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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