What's in CITY OF ALVARADO's water?
CITY OF ALVARADO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,614 people through 2,464 service connections.
How this compares nationally
109 total violations and 4 health-based ones put CITY OF ALVARADO at the 69th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,945 of 12,903.
How CITY OF ALVARADO compares within TX
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF ALVARADO's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF ALVARADO is from 2027-06-12 (health-based: 2005-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF ALVARADO'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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
Everything on this page is CITY OF ALVARADO's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for CITY OF ALVARADO - 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.