Public water system · TX1450033
ActiveYellow Rose Travel Plaza
At a glance
Yellow Rose Travel Plaza (PWSID TX1450033) is an active transient non-community water system in Leon County, Texas. It reports serving 850 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
850
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Yellow Rose Travel Plaza compare with other water systems in Leon County?
By EPA's size categories, Yellow Rose Travel Plaza is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Leon County has 18 active public water systems, and Yellow Rose Travel Plaza is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 36% below the county average of 1,321 people per system, and accounts for 3.6% of the 23,786 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Texas, the 7,078 active systems average 4,789 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Yellow Rose Travel Plaza is about 5.9 times that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Texas has 1,622 active transient non-community water systems, 23% of the state's 7,078 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 5,215 Texas systems (74%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Yellow Rose Travel Plaza?
EPA lists Yellow Rose Travel Plaza as privately owned. The TX state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 7 of the 18 active systems in Leon County (39%) are also privately owned.
Does Yellow Rose Travel Plaza have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026. The violations listed here began between February 2025 and April 2026. By type: 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 monitoring. The contaminants or rules involved are Public Notice and Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 as unaddressed and 1 as resolved. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-05 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2025-02-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
All 2 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Yellow Rose Travel Plaza: frequently asked questions
Who runs Yellow Rose Travel Plaza?
Yellow Rose Travel Plaza (PWSID TX1450033) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TX state drinking water program.
How many people does Yellow Rose Travel Plaza serve?
Yellow Rose Travel Plaza reports serving 850 people through 1 service connection in Leon County, Texas.
Where does Yellow Rose Travel Plaza get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Yellow Rose Travel Plaza have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Yellow Rose Travel Plaza's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TX state drinking water program.
Where can I find Yellow Rose Travel Plaza's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Yellow Rose Travel Plaza is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Leon County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Robbins WSC | Leon | 10,035 | Community | Groundwater |
| Flo Community WSC | Leon | 5,256 | Community | Groundwater |
| City of Buffalo | Leon | 1,767 | Community | Groundwater |
| Hilltop Lakes WSC | Leon | 1,257 | Community | Groundwater |
| City of Centerville | Leon | 903 | Community | Groundwater |
| City of Jewett | Leon | 737 | Community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Yellow Rose Travel Plaza, PWSID TX1450033, Texas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/texas/yellow-rose-travel-plaza-tx1450033 (data as of October 1, 2026).