BEAR CREEK SUD: EPA violation history, explained
BEAR CREEK SUD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 15,822 people get their water from it, across 5,274 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BEAR CREEK SUD ranks 8,972th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 3 violations total, 1 health-based.
How BEAR CREEK SUD compares within TX
BEAR CREEK SUD's 1 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BEAR CREEK SUD is from 2006-01-07 (health-based: 2006-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BEAR CREEK SUD's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
BEAR CREEK SUD's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and BEAR CREEK SUD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,972th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.