Is CHILDRESS CREEK WSC's water safe to drink?
CHILDRESS CREEK WSC had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 2,469, over 823 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
22 total violations and 3 health-based ones put CHILDRESS CREEK WSC at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,011 of 12,903.
How CHILDRESS CREEK WSC compares within TX
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CHILDRESS CREEK WSC's 3 is at or below that. 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 CHILDRESS CREEK WSC is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHILDRESS CREEK WSC'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what CHILDRESS CREEK WSC reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 22 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.