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CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 28,300 people get their water from it, across 11,244 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

20 total violations and 8 health-based ones put CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS at the 81th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,424 of 12,903.

Against the TX average

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS carries 8, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-06-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS'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:

The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS's record does not cover

This is what CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS 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. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS - 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.