GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- For some people living in rural Grimes County, turning on the faucet and getting clean, reliable water is not something they can take for granted.

"If you don't have a well out here, I don't know how else you're getting much," resident Kati Allen said.

Those without a well sometimes rely on private water companies that have racked up hundreds of violations, according to records from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.