Austin Utilities: EPA violation history, explained
Austin Utilities's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 26,174, over 9,115 connections.
Austin Utilities's record against the rest of the country
1 total violations and 0 health-based ones put Austin Utilities at the 5th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 12,300 of 12,903.
How Austin Utilities compares within MN
Among the 254 MN systems in this dataset, the average is 0.8 health-based violations - Austin Utilities's 0 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is Austin Utilities's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for Austin Utilities - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.