Ellis County, Texas — public water systems

29 active public water systems serve Ellis County, reporting 249.9K people served.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO, refreshed quarterly.

Active systems

Population served

249.9K

Community systems

Groundwater share

41.4%

Water systems in Ellis County

Active public water systems in Ellis County, Texas
#	Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
1	City of Waxahachie	Ellis	50,814	Community	Surface water
2	Rockett Sud	Ellis	46,614	Community	Purchased surface water
3	City of Midlothian	Ellis	27,699	Community	Surface water
4	City of Ennis	Ellis	24,891	Community	Surface water
5	Mountain Peak Sud	Ellis	23,988	Community	Purchased surface water
6	Sardis Lone Elm WSC	Ellis	20,736	Community	Purchased surface water
7	City of Red Oak	Ellis	18,577	Community	Purchased surface water
8	Buena Vista Bethel Sud	Ellis	8,218	Community	Groundwater
9	City of Ovilla	Ellis	4,532	Community	Purchased surface water
10	City of Ferris	Ellis	3,070	Community	Purchased surface water
11	City of Palmer	Ellis	3,015	Community	Purchased surface water
12	Nash Forreston WSC	Ellis	2,277	Community	Purchased surface water
13	City of Italy	Ellis	2,264	Community	Groundwater
14	Ellis County Fwsd 1	Ellis	1,812	Community	Purchased surface water
15	South Ellis County Water Supply	Ellis	1,767	Community	Groundwater
16	East Garrett WSC	Ellis	1,521	Community	Purchased surface water
17	Avalon WSC	Ellis	1,218	Community	Groundwater
18	Lakeview Camp and Conference Center	Ellis	1,100	Transient non-community	Groundwater
19	City of Maypearl	Ellis	994	Community	Groundwater
20	Rural Bardwell WSC	Ellis	924	Community	Purchased surface water
21	Garrett Community Water Company	Ellis	864	Community	Purchased surface water
22	City of Milford	Ellis	796	Community	Purchased surface water
23	City of Bardwell	Ellis	692	Community	Groundwater
24	Buffalo Hills Water System	Ellis	549	Community	Groundwater
25	Ash Grove Cement	Ellis	360	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
26	Lakeview Water System	Ellis	216	Community	Groundwater
27	Chambers Meadow Estate Water	Ellis	198	Community	Groundwater
28	Howard Water Coop	Ellis	117	Community	Purchased surface water
29	Coming of Christ Full Gospel Church	Ellis	66	Community	Groundwater