DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in CITY OF BROWNWOOD's water?

CITY OF BROWNWOOD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 18,862 people through 9,191 service connections.

CITY OF BROWNWOOD's record against the rest of the country

8 total violations and 3 health-based ones put CITY OF BROWNWOOD at the 58th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,375 of 12,903.

Against the TX average

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF BROWNWOOD carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF BROWNWOOD's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 1991-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF BROWNWOOD'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 microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CITY OF BROWNWOOD's record does not cover

CITY OF BROWNWOOD's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF BROWNWOOD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,375th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.