Community Water System · PWS TX2510002
City of Plains
Operator location Plains, Texas - 98% of 849 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,355 served per SDWIS.
- 1,355
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 849
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 833
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
City of Plains standing, high SDWIS violation third
98% of 849 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 98% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,828 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Plains sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (849), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,355 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 98% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,828 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #2,029 of 3,040
- Population · TX
- 849
- Total EPA violations on record
- 98%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 668
- County
- Yoakum
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 833
- Monitoring Violations
- 0
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 438 | 2025 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 395 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 8 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Plains has 849 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 98% of this system's own violations are health-based (833 of 849), and it ranks #16,828 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)
849 Higher than most more violations than 99% 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
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
City of Plains plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Health-based violations on City of Plains
833 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for TX2510002.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) - Drinking Water Watch
Nationwide peers
849 violations · 1,355 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 Plains
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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