What's in CITY OF ALVIN's water?
CITY OF ALVIN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 26,244 people through 8,748 service connections.
CITY OF ALVIN's record against the rest of the country
7 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CITY OF ALVIN at the 35th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,434 of 12,903.
How CITY OF ALVIN compares within TX
CITY OF ALVIN's 1 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF ALVIN is from 2026-06-12 (health-based: 2006-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF ALVIN'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
Everything on this page is CITY OF ALVIN's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for CITY OF ALVIN - 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.