Is CITY OF BALLINGER's water safe to drink?
CITY OF BALLINGER had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,583 people through 2,633 service connections.
CITY OF BALLINGER's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF BALLINGER has 89 violations on record in total, 61 of thems health-based - ranking it 186th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 99th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF BALLINGER compares within TX
Among the 1,633 TX systems in this dataset, the average is 6.7 health-based violations - CITY OF BALLINGER's 61 is above that. 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 BALLINGER is from 2027-06-12 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF BALLINGER'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 CITY OF BALLINGER 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 - 61 health-based violations on file for CITY OF BALLINGER - 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.