BRIGHT STAR-SALEM SUD: EPA violation history, explained
BRIGHT STAR-SALEM SUD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,738, over 2,246 connections.
How this compares nationally
9 total violations and 4 health-based ones put BRIGHT STAR-SALEM SUD at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,442 of 12,903.
Against the TX average
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - BRIGHT STAR-SALEM SUD's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BRIGHT STAR-SALEM SUD's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
BRIGHT STAR-SALEM 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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BRIGHT STAR-SALEM SUD's record does not cover
BRIGHT STAR-SALEM 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 BRIGHT STAR-SALEM SUD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,442th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.